I get a lot of traffic to this page each day, so now that you’re here, why not take a look around at all the other stuff i keep here? Maybe you’ll find something interesting. Be my guest, please 
Update: Unfortunately, it seems the fine folks at Newark have fixed this little glitch. It was nice while it lasted!
This will show you how to get free wifi from the Boingo hotspots in Newark airport. It’ll probably also work on other Boingo hotspots, but I haven’t tried it yet. If it works, please post a comment, would be nice to know. Now, read on and I’ll tell you how to do this in-between all my ramblings.
So, I’m sitting here in Newark Liberty International Airport (what a long name), and having a few hours to waste before my flight, I figured i’d try to find some open wireless networks, and have a little surfin’ fun. Unfortunately, as I expected, no networks accidentally left open was to be found, so another route had to be taken. I need my internet fix. So here’s how it works:
Boingo is kind enough to offer free wifi in all of Newark airport, with a little tricking that is. Trying their network from my iPhone, I noticed i had the option to get 15-minutes of free internet time, if I watched a 15-second ad, that is. Nice deal! Worked painlessly and let me browse the interwebs from my iPhone, but when I pulled out my laptop to write some email, I found that the offer wasn’t available when using a laptop. Doh!
So, what to do? All it requires is a little URL trickery. When you first connect to the Boingo network and open a browser, you will be presented with a Boingo “buy-some-access-time-now-you-rich-person-in-need-of-internet-access-for-the-outrageous-price-of-24.99-dollars” kind of page. We won’t do that. Please notice the unholy URL in your address bar. It’ll be something like:
https://www.boingo.aero/(S(j0vp4xi5o1h6fre12cg5hx55))/Home.aspx
Beautiful. To get your nice and free access, just change the “Home.aspx” part of the url to “FreeOfferAdMobile.aspx”, so the URL will look something like this:
https://www.boingo.aero/(S(j0vp4xi5o1h6fre12cg5hx55))/FreeOfferAdMobile.aspx
Hit enter, wait for the little “connecting” bar to finish, and of you go! Enjoy your free wireless internet access!
