>"Some big cities like Taipei, Beijing, and Singapore have government sponsored free public wireless more or less all throughout the city"
Bullshit. I just moved from Beijing. Not only is there no government sponsored wireless all throughout the city, but internet cafes must record each customer's ID info before you can log-on. Even McDonalds' free internet for customers requires identification (which is troublesome for foreigners or anyone without national ID cards).
I was in Singapore less than three months ago, and found no public free wifi during my stay. On the good side, many, many cafes there offer wifi and it's not locked down like in Beijing.
Taiwan, on the other hand is making strides with their new service rolled out last October.
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>"Some big cities like Taipei, Beijing, and Singapore have government sponsored free public wireless more or less all throughout the city"
Bullshit. I just moved from Beijing. Not only is there no government sponsored wireless all throughout the city, but internet cafes must record each customer's ID info before you can log-on. Even McDonalds' free internet for customers requires identification (which is troublesome for foreigners or anyone without national ID cards).
I was in Singapore less than three months ago, and found no public free wifi during my stay. On the good side, many, many cafes there offer wifi and it's not locked down like in Beijing.
Taiwan, on the other hand is making strides with their new service rolled out last October.