Comments on: Where can you find free wi-fi access in Manchester city centre?

By: Brian Tate

Brian Tate — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:00:32 +0000

All the McDonalds now have free wifi.. you just follow link through ‘The Cloud’ provider

By: drs1

drs1 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:47:13 +0000

Awesome stuff – thanks for this. If I find stuff to add, I will. Hopefully the libraries will be up to speed soon enough.

By: nadia

nadia — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:08:30 +0000

The Font Bar on Oxford Road has free wireless internet.

By: VEF

VEF — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:46:57 +0000

there isnt much for free in manchester. their libraries are so archaic and backwards that they dont even have wifi. i am used to most libraries having free wifi because i come from the technologically advanced usa, where even a hillbilly hick town where joe dirt is from will have wifi. i kid you not. i travel alot and i passed through towns with 100 people that had free wifi at the lib. it isnt that hard to get a router hooked up. it was simple, and free. they used the kind of routers that you can buy at currys. the connection, from what i saw, was better than bt open zone. i didnt know britain was that backward.

By: Emma Cooney

Emma Cooney — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:35:27 +0000

Trof, Oklahoma (password), Kro Bar (Picadilly) – there’s a few you can pick up for free from inside the bar on the stools by the window, Cornerhouse (password). I feel I must repay these guys for providing free internet access while I sipped soda water and browsed for jobs. Tough times. These bars helped me into employment – apart from Oklahoma, which is a recent and fantastic discovery – and are great places too. Thank you. I have a job and can buy coffee and even alcohol. Woo Hoo.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:00:09 +0000

Didn’t Manchester fail in their attempt to get the city wifi covered ? , they kept it very quiet.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:04:07 +0000

I’m a big fan of Suburb on Deansgate.

By: Mr X

Mr X — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:35:21 +0000

The Circle (Barton Square just off St Ann’s) has an open hotspot; not sure whether it reaches outside the building or could be classed as “free”, though.

By: Ape::Tracks » Irregular Brachiation » Free wifi in Manchester city centre

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:10:52 +0000

[...] Mancubist has created a Google Maps page listing other free wifi providers in Manchester city centre [...]

By: Mancubist

Mancubist — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:01:31 +0000

I heard it was free but so many people were using it without buying anything that they started charging. Last time a friend of mine tried (in January) their staff didn’t mention any password. But that’s great news if true.