{"id":1108,"date":"2008-07-07T19:21:30","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T19:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/07\/now-you-can-use-a-uk-registered-iphone-at-bt-openzone-hotspots-for-free.htm"},"modified":"2008-07-08T17:12:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T17:12:25","slug":"now-you-can-use-a-uk-registered-iphone-at-bt-openzone-hotspots-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/07\/now-you-can-use-a-uk-registered-iphone-at-bt-openzone-hotspots-for-free.htm","title":{"rendered":"Now you can use a UK-registered iPhone at BT Openzone hotspots for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/openzone.gif?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BT Openzone logo\" \/>Earlier this evening, I was trawling through the fine print on the O2 website (hey, I have to do <em>something<\/em> whilst I&#8217;m eating alone in a hotel restaurant) and I found a reference to free Wi-Fi access from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.btopenzone.com\/\">BT Openzone<\/a> hot spots.  Hang on &#8211; BT Openzone&#8230; that&#8217;s new! When did that happen?<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.o2.co.uk\/iphone\/frequentlyaskedquestions\/wifi\">O2&#8217;s Wi-Fi FAQ<\/a> it hasn&#8217;t happened yet but it will soon:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"http:\/\/www.o2.co.uk\/iphone\/frequentlyaskedquestions\/wifi\"><p><strong>Wireless Hotspots<\/strong><br \/>\nO2 has partnered with The Cloud to provide you with unlimited access to over 7500 public Wi-Fi hotspots across the UK on your iPhone. Excessive usage policy applies.  From 11 July, you will also get access to 2000 Wi-Fi hotspots from BT Openzone.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/consumero2.directoryconnection.com\/\">Find the hotspots closest to you<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/images\/o2-iphone-start.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"O2 start page for iPhone\" \/>I tried to use the BT Openzone at the Hilton East Midlands hotel last night (7 July) with my iPhone and it worked.  Just like at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecloud.net\/\">The Cloud<\/a>, all I had to do was enter my mobile number, wait for the site to recognise my iPhone and then I was redirected to the O2 iPhone start page &#8211; which is a pretty good portal for iPhone users and even includes a hotspot finder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/07\/iphone-3g-sold-out-in-the-uk-at-least-for-now.htm\">O2 can be pretty shoddy at times<\/a> but this is <em>A Good Thing<\/em>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this evening, I was trawling through the fine print on the O2 website (hey, I have to do something whilst I&#8217;m eating alone in a hotel restaurant) and I found a reference to free Wi-Fi access from BT Openzone hot spots. Hang on &#8211; BT Openzone&#8230; that&#8217;s new! When did that happen? Well, according &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/07\/now-you-can-use-a-uk-registered-iphone-at-bt-openzone-hotspots-for-free.htm\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Now you can use a UK-registered iPhone at BT Openzone hotspots for free<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[148,18,23],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-iphone","tag-mobility","tag-wireless"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Now you can use a UK-registered iPhone at BT Openzone hotspots for free - markwilson.it<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/07\/now-you-can-use-a-uk-registered-iphone-at-bt-openzone-hotspots-for-free.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Now you can use a UK-registered iPhone at BT Openzone hotspots for free - markwilson.it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Earlier this evening, I was trawling through the fine print on the O2 website (hey, I have to do something whilst I&#8217;m eating alone in a hotel restaurant) and I found a reference to free Wi-Fi access from BT Openzone hot spots. 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