Originally Posted by Novilio

Schlotzky's Deli is one place to check--they're rolling out their free hotspot program little by little. We really really need what I call "SSIDChalking"; that is, embedding a standard tag in a free/open hotspot's SSID to indicate its legal status. The obvious one would be something like this:

[[ )( ]] Porky Perk Coffee House

If Porky's decided to charge for the service, the tag might look like this:

[[ )( $ ]] Porky Perk Coffee House

The symbols should be enclosed in some kind of frame (I used double brackets here as a simple example) to make parsing by utilities easier.


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--Novilio