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I know this isn’t strictly related to Dublin and it certainly is not meant to moralize or scare people but following the coverage in the Sunday Times on the shutdown of El Passo Times I think it may be useful to post a link to this story that I found on Running With Bulls. Especially useful it their link to a Libel Pamphlet on digitalrights.ie

Don’t be afraid to continue blogging. So long as you are responsible about what you say and what other people write in comments to your posts then you should be ok.

(If the other contributors want to move this post to another non-public section then I’m fine with that)

Stay safe, Blog responsibly.

In the Ireland of 2006 I can’t be the first person to ask this question and I hope someone out there has an answer and a definitive list. Where do you go when you are in Dublin city center and want cheap (free?) Wi-Fi access? The internet is full of lists, all of which seem to be out of date.

Now I’m not talking about standing outside Apt 123 on 456 Capel Street and sponging off their unsecured Wi-Fi, nor am I on for paying €5 euros for 30 minutes access in a pub with a Wi-Fi logo on the door and a barman who thinks Wi-Fi is some new D4 slang for wine from Fiji. No, instead I’m talking about civilized wireless internet access from the developed world. The type you get in other countries that have embraced the new millennium. I’d like to go into a coffee shop, order a cup of coffee, preferably from an espresso machine, and get say 20 minutes free Wi-Fi. All I’m planning on doing is uploading a blog entry or two, maybe read a couple of RSS feeds, nothing complex as I am using a Wi-Fi enabled PDA.

Or am I deluded and doomed to remain disconnected in the Rip-off Republic?

Update 26 April 2006: I found a cafe chain, Cafe Java have a sign up in one of their shops saying they have free Wi-Fi in all their restraunts. The shop was closed when I got there and the wi-fi was open, but too weak for my PDA to connect to.