Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T
At last, an easy way for logging into the the free hotspots that AT&T offers to iPhone users. Using a new version of Easy Wi-Fi that appeared in the app store over the holiday weekend makes the process dead simple.The Original Process
While the free wifi is great, the old process for logging in was painful. You had to:
- Join the “attwifi” wireless network
- Enter your ten digit mobile phone number into a Web form
- Receive a free text message with a hyperlink
- Tap on that link to begin the session
- Repeat the process every 24 hours and for each different location.
A Better Way
With this app, the process is much easier: Connect to the Wi-Fi network, launch the app and it will log you in.
This version is trivial to set up too – you just need to enter your 10 digit AT&T iPhone number into the settings page.
This link will take you to the Easy Wi-Fi for AT&T page in iTunes.
Note: You may want to act quickly on this. According to this MacWorld article:
The program, which can also simplify access to a number of free hotspots that require you to click through a page, is free for the next for the next few days, but as of December 5th, it will jump to $2. Devicescape also offers a $2 version of the Easy Wi-Fi program that helps remember usernames and passwords for other Wi-Fi hotspot networks that you might access; owners of that program can use it for logging on to AT&T’s hotspots as well.
