Paying for wifi on an airplane?
At least, thats what Gogo was charging on my recent Alaska Airlines trip.
Thats not a lot, I know, but well address that part in a bit.
Enjoy your hour and skip forward to the next section when it runs out.
If youre on another carrier, however, youre going to have to get a little tricky.
When it does, start typing in random phone numbers until you magically stumble on a T-Mobile user.
Youll get your free hour and theyll be none the wiser.
Before testing this with Beth, I typed in random numbers and achieved success within five triesnot bad.
What happens when your hour runs out?
Your internet goes away.
At least, thats the first thing I thought about, but Gogos setup is smart.
That doesnt really help you if youre on an iPhone, since you have no way to change it.
What about your box?
Your laptop isnt a mobile gadget, after all, but we can fix that.
Finally, I deleted the user agent override so it wouldnt mess up my other Firefox browsing.
Updated July 22, 2:00 pm.
:A day after we posted this article, we received a statement from attorneys representing T-Mobile.
For what its worth, Id like to offer a brief explanation why we decided to publish this hack.
First, youre entering in random phone numbers to authenticate into a mere hours worth of free wifi.
I should also note that this has been a loopholefor years.
