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Free Wifi in Brixton

Thought this thread might be worth reviving. These Wi-Fi hostpots were still active around Brixton last time I looked - but please update the info if you know better and add your own hotspots!

Ritzy (free, but flaky at times, no password needed)
Prince Of Wales (purchase still needed for 45 mins access?)
Caffe Nero - free and reliable, log in required
Lounge - free and reliable, password from counter
Albert - free and reliable, log in required
Market House - free
Cafe Sifitis - free
Brixton Library
Starbucks - free while you drink shit coffee
Costa - free
Trinity Arms - free

Haven't found any reliable free wi-fi in the Villaaage, although I think Seven and Breadroom in Market Row have free wi-fi too.

Brixton tube station - free, log in required
 
which of these works if you are standing outside?
mcdonalds is a bit iffy and ritzy is intermittent. there appears to be a kfc one but i have been unsuccessful accessing it.
how does the albert one work? do you have to go in to the pub to use it?
does the password at the lounge vary? if not, can someone PM me it please? ;)
 
Ritzy's knackered again - coverage seems really patchy inside.
KFC and McDs both have wi-fi on offer, but I guess you have to go in and buy some of their food to hook up (I won't be doing that).
 
Orang Utan said:
which of these works if you are standing outside?
mcdonalds is a bit iffy and ritzy is intermittent. there appears to be a kfc one but i have been unsuccessful accessing it.
how does the albert one work? do you have to go in to the pub to use it?
does the password at the lounge vary? if not, can someone PM me it please? ;)
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The Albert one involves you signing into a Greene King account and then it's free. The Lounge one changes from time to time, so you have to go in and ask.

It doesn't seem fair to give out the wi-fi passwords of independent businesses, so I won't be posting them up.
 
sure. i wasn't asking anyone to put them up, just PM me. ;)
do the lounge mind if you walk in, ask for the password and then walk straight out again? :D
 
Hey, what about SW2?
The Windmill has wifi (password) and I'm pretty sure Negril and White Horse have it too.
 
I was asking cos I was in Brixton the other day and had to get in touch with a friend in the area. I often use the library, but I did not have my library card with me and could not remember any of the details, so I was standing outside the Ritzy to try and get a signal. It took ages to sort out, so I was asking about free wifi spots for a future time (pretty likely knowing me).
so, I'll ask the forum again: which are the best wifi spots in Brixton that you can get a free signal from off the street? Suggestions would gratefully be accepted. Thanks!
I can start another thread if you wish, but thought this was the best for such advice.
 
twistedAM said:
Hey, what about SW2?
The Windmill has wifi (password) and I'm pretty sure Negril and White Horse have it too.
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Read the thread title. It says Brixton.

OU you could buy a can of special brew and stand outside the beehive. You can pick up the signal there.
 
Sometimes there's open wi-fi in the Village by Federation but that seems to come and go like the froth on a cappuccino on a windy day.
 
Cheers for the updates. I'll post/tweet them tomorrow and ask for others to contribute so we end up with a useful resource.
 
editor said:
*Threads merged

I'm going to write a feature on the site about this, so if anyone knows about any wi-fo spots not yet covered (or can find any inaccuracies) please post up something!
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It is slightly further out but the British Film Institute library on the Southbank has Wi Fi. I bumped into someone I know there and he said its ok. Plus the new library ( next to the BFI shop where the exhibition space used to be) is free to use and there are also lockers and toilets in BFI. He liked it.
 
Manter said:
I have an app called free wifi finder. will take it for a walk tomorrow
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Cheers. A lot of the listing services are woefully out of date and without going into the building it's hard to work out if the service is actually free or not (some make you buy stuff first).
 
editor said:
Cheers. A lot of the listing services are woefully out of date and without going into the building it's hard to work out if the service is actually free or not (some make you buy stuff first).
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this thing uses google maps and tries to join the wifi and then sends you a list... hope it works on new (deeply hated) phone :hmm:
 
Orang Utan said:
i said i was skint!
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In Estonia free WiFi was set up by the Government. Its normal there. This is interesting thread as a lot of people might have devices that can access WiFi but are skint. As a lot of us are now.

About time that WiFi was made more accessible for people in the 21st C.

Parts of central London have free WiFi Anyone tried it?
 
Gramsci said:
In Estonia free WiFi was set up by the Government. Its normal there. This is interesting thread as a lot of people might have devices that can access WiFi but are skint. As a lot of us are now.

About time that WiFi was made more accessible for people in the 21st C.

Parts of central London have free WiFi Anyone tried it?
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I was in Estonia (aages ago).... Really liked that they treated WiFi as strategic infrastructure, not 'toll roads'.

There's some free stuff (properly free, not coffee-shop-leakage) in London, but not much. Virgin are still open in a few places, but I'm assuming that was a 2012 freebie that will come to an end soon.
 
@editor Sorry for delay, generally drowning in work. Only ones I found not covered on here already:

Crown and Anchor is free but you need to ask for the password, ie buy a pint
All of Brixton town centre is covered by a Boingo wireless- so if you have O2 or BT at home you should be able to get on free- if you don't, you can get 30 mins free as an intro- you need to register but not give card or anything
Someone who lives behind BCA has a personal virgin network they haven't passworded :)
 
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