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 attempted to blanket Long Island with WiFi. Now as I do my daily travels I am finding Time Warner and Comcast are both entering Long...

Image via CrunchBase The iPad with WiFi is scheduled to be released April 3rd  and 30 days after that the iPad with WiFi and 3G will hit the market. Will an AT&T 3G network that seems to be humming along on Long Island take a hit? The iPad, being a portable tablet, makes it perfect for the NY market but especially for Long Island with it’s extensive Optimum WiFi network. I can just see people sitting in many of the...

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 Optimum WiFi network will be considered a guest. Guests will be able to access the Optimum WiFi network three times per 30-day...

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 free WiFi. Paid $1 for parking so I wouldn’t get a parking ticket.  Over Lunch I worked through my Google Reader as I had fallen behind my favorite blogs....

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 Trnpk. The day started out fine as the local Starbucks obviously has AT&T access and is close enough to an Optimum WiFi hotspot to use...