Originally Posted by Emma65
True. However - most wifi spots check IP numbers so if you go in to a starbucks, go online with laptop, bring up VOIP phone and go online with that - it's a new IP number and you will get charged again.
If you have paid for a day's access on one of the gadgets when you use the other it will register as a new IP.
Hmmm... I know what I mean. Do you?
/E - it's too late.
Yes, I know what you mean, but that isn't exactly relevant to the issue you described
1) not everyone that needs to make a quick phonecall will also need to get online
2) not everyone uses a one-off passcode, in the US a lot of people have an account with Boingo, iPass or T-mobile, so don't suffer from the MAC address (not IP address) issue you described. Your device can change IP all it wants, all the access point cares about is MAC address. A simple solution would be to edit the mac address of your notebook to the same as your phone
