free wifi at sxsw 2010

Mainly some notes for myself following a chat on Twitter. Wifi access at SXSW is a bear. Too many people trying to use the 3G if you are on AT&T, too expensive to even try if you are on data roaming. There is some wifi coverage around the convention centre, but it gets pretty swamped. So I went looking for other options. Boingo will give you coverage for about $10 a month, they have 130 hotspots in Austin though coverage is quite widespread. I did find OpenWifiSpots, which have a good map for free wifi in Austin, most of the data is from 2009, so it might be out of date. They even have a pay for iPhone app, which might help. So with those notes hopefully I'll be able to get internet access at sxsw.