TipidTip # 18 - Leech on a free wi-fi network.

Now that laptops are so cheap, everybody totes one around as if it's a hot fashion accessory. Admittedly, some people really need to work so they must bring them along wherever they are. Some though, are just checking Multiply updates and checking Friendster profiles. Not that I have anything against them. I do it myself. :) But at P2.oo/minute via Globe Wiz, it's Paris Hilton scandalous!

After a little research online, here are the free wi-fi spots around Metro Manila:




FROM YUGA TECH
(http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=656)

• Cyberzone, SM Megamall Building B (Philcom)
• Baywalk - in front of Max’s Resto (EG 6 )
• Mabini cor. Salas (linksys)
• Shell - Magallanes (linksys)
• Starbucks Greenbelt 3 near the lagoon
• Mobile 1 Park Square Makati
• Palm Store Glorietta 4th Floor
• Starbucks G4
• Seattle’s Best, E. Rodriguez
• Robinsons Galleria, Ortigas
• Shangri-la Plaza, Ortigas
• Ermita, Manila (Ferguson Plaza)
• Podium, Ortigas (Philcom)
• Libreria Coffee Shop & Bookstore, Tomas Morato
• Seattle’s Best, Eastwood City
• Robinsons Place, Manila (near food center)
• SM San Lazaro
• DavidSpot! HotZone (within the vicinity of DLSU-CSU, St. Benilde) Get free account here.
• WalterMart along Pasong Tamo-Pasay Road (Linksys)
• Masas, and Greenbelt 2 area
• Baang Coffee Shop, Timog Avenue, QC
• Starbucks Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue (near Xavier School/Mary the Queen Church) - free WiFi provided by Cooltoyz laptop store.
• Hotel Intercontenental, Ayala Avenue, Makati
• Manila Peninsula, Lobby area
• Robinsons Pioneer
• Rustans, Shangri-la (I’m inside the taxi at Shaw)
• Makati City Hall (accessible from Guadalupe Bridge)
• Shell Maya vicinity (corner Buendia & Ayala Ave., Makati) {name: tsunami}
• Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental, Makati
• Free Public Wifi (ad hoc) at Paseo de Roxas near Mandarin Oriental, Makati
• Amorsolo cor. V.A Rufino (formerly Herrera), Makati {name: linksys}
• WLAN PS - in front of Philam Life Tower, Makati
• Sotto cor. V.A Rufino, Makati {name: Asus}
• Pier One, The Fort, Taguig City (BayanTel)
• Pier One, Tomas Morato, Quezon City (BayanTel)
• Holiday Inn Galleria Manila (Galleria Suites), Ortigas Center
• Seattle’s Best, Powerplant Mall, Makati (linksys)
• Shangri-la Hotel Makati, Lobby and Lobby Lounge
• Entertainment Arts Center, Jupiter St., Makati Avenue
• Mario’s Kitchen, Metrowalk, Ortigas
• Placemat Pinoy Cafe in Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Castor, Quezon City
• Italliani’s, Greenbelt 2 {name: wireless, ISP: Globe}
• Bluewave Mall, Macapagal Highway, Pasay City (linksys)
• Teriyaki Boy in Buendia (Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) cor. Jupiter Street {Jupiter Suites}
• Zupa, Cybermall in Eastwood City, Libis

FROM THE COUCH KAMOTE
(http://digitalsolutions.ph/couchkamotereviews/free_wifi_hotspots)

1. The Podium at Ortigas Center. (Strongest signal is at the ground floor, near Cafe Breton and Starbucks).
2. Robinsons Galleria (Ortigas), at the East Wing. Strongest signal is at Bar One and Bo's Cafe on the basement.
3. Robinsons Pioneer (EDSA corner Pioneer). The cafes on the second floor offer free WiFi.
4. ALL Robinson’s Malls
5. Shangri-La Hotel in Makati. Babes and Apin tipped me off on this. For the price of coffee at the hotel lobby, you get fast internet connection.
6. Shell Magallanes
   
7. Petron Makati
8. Murphy’s, along Esteban Ave.
9. Old Swiss Inn, The Atrium, Makati
10. Libreria - Along Tomas Morato
11. Starbucks WalMart, Pasong Tamo
12. Cafea - Found it near the ABS-CBN complex, besides Singles

Leech on! :)