http://daviddaniels.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://daviddaniels.com/2011/04/ever-wonder-what-a-wifi-hotspot-router-looks-like-this-may-be-in-your-neighborhood-too/ http://daviddaniels.com/2011/04/ever-wonder-what-a-wifi-hotspot-router-looks-like-this-may-be-in-your-neighborhood-too/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:00:32 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=7640 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As most of you who follow me know, I am always out and about looking for WiFi hotspots. Lately I had lost access to the Cablevision Network of WiFi Hotspots as I tried to take advantage of a special that Verizon was offering. It was a $99 a month triple play package that included their [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2011/04/ever-wonder-what-a-wifi-hotspot-router-looks-like-this-may-be-in-your-neighborhood-too/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/04/panera-breads-30-minute-wifi-limit/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/04/panera-breads-30-minute-wifi-limit/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:00:33 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=4156 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Image by DVdaniels via Flickr Saturday I was having a working lunch at Panera Bread before heading over to Roosevelt Field Mall and a little iPad action. Time Warner, Optimum Online and Comcast all have wireless hotspots at the Panera Bread in Carle Place but I sat down, signed onto the Panera Network  and got [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/04/panera-breads-30-minute-wifi-limit/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/time-warnercomcast-wifi-now-on-li/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/time-warnercomcast-wifi-now-on-li/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:00:23 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=4032 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Image by DVdaniels via Flickr I’ve spent months tracking WiFi hotspots on Long Island and usually what I turn up is AT&T and Optimum WiFi and these two have a huge head start. In the past I have written that I thought Cablevision would have a monopoly on Long Island if no other cable company [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/time-warnercomcast-wifi-now-on-li/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/does-optimum-wifi-have-a-time-limit/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/does-optimum-wifi-have-a-time-limit/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:00:53 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=3870 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Image by Getty Images via Daylife I get this question quite a bit and the answer is “NO”! If you are an Optimum Online customer you get unlimited free WiFi with your internet package. The same does not hold true for people who do not subscribe to Cablevision. Non subscribers trying to get onto the [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/does-optimum-wifi-have-a-time-limit/feed/ 2 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/car-inspection-done-wifi-hotspot-found/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/car-inspection-done-wifi-hotspot-found/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:26:11 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=3673 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Yesterday I found a hotspot that came in handy and will certainly make my visits to the mechanic a little more pleasant. I had met up with a client in the Rockville center area. After I was through I went out to Panera Bread in Rockville center for lunch so I could hop on their [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/car-inspection-done-wifi-hotspot-found/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/long-island-traffic/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/long-island-traffic/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:28:36 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=3631 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } With the spectacular weather we had yesterday I actually took out the video camera for the first time for 2010. Of course I spent most of my day in traffic so that’s what I filmed. Long Island Traffic! What Entertainment! Don’t worry, I took the 10 minutes of video and speeded it up into about [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/long-island-traffic/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/wifi-hunting-uniondale-long-island/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/wifi-hunting-uniondale-long-island/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:23:53 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=3548 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Today I spent some time, early this morning, doing some WiFi hunting in the Uniondale, long Island area. I updated my spreadsheet with the results. I was a bit disappointed in what I found. I got up really early and did my usual routine by headed to the local Starbucks in Uniondale located on Hempstead [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/03/wifi-hunting-uniondale-long-island/feed/ 0 http://daviddaniels.com/2010/02/long-island-wireless-hotspots-where-to-hop-on-the-internet/ http://daviddaniels.com/2010/02/long-island-wireless-hotspots-where-to-hop-on-the-internet/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:00:53 +0000 David Daniels http://daviddaniels.com/?p=3338 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Looking for interesting places to blog from on Long Island? From coffee houses to restaurants to Airports, Here are some of my favorite places to do some mobile blogging: Starbucks – The Bloggers personal choice for an office away from home. You can sit back and write for hours.  Most Starbucks have some really comfortable chairs to [...]]]> http://daviddaniels.com/2010/02/long-island-wireless-hotspots-where-to-hop-on-the-internet/feed/ 5