Do you have the feeling you’ve seen this movie before? Here’s the plotline: AT&T Inc. is opening up the iPhone for free Wi-Fi access!
It might seem familiar because iPhone users were told this in May, then again in July, only to be told it wasn’t true scant hours later. Both times the news came from accidentally posted items on AT&T’s Web site, which were quickly pulled and statements issued correcting the information. THIS time (third time’s the charm?) the news is stemming from SMS messages that some — not all — iPhone users have received notifying them of the new functionality.
According to various rumors, iPhone Wi-Fi for free has supposedly been available on a spotty basis for a few months now, but you had to get lucky to use it.
Users of the new T-Mobile USA G1 handset already have access to free T-Mobile hotspots — a likely competitive spark for AT&T to finally let the free hotspotting flow. If indeed it has.
