{"id":13297,"date":"2011-03-13T09:55:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T00:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=13297"},"modified":"2011-03-13T09:55:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T00:55:42","slug":"livedoor-softbank-fon-to-offer-free-wi-fi-after-the-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/livedoor-softbank-fon-to-offer-free-wi-fi-after-the-quake\/","title":{"rendered":"Livedoor, Softbank, Fon to Offer Free Wi-Fi after the Quake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12th, some Wi-Fi providers in Japan started offering free connection after the devastating earthquake that hit northeast Japan on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbankmobile.co.jp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/softbank-logo.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Softbank \u30ed\u30b4\" width=\"158\" height=\"45\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13309\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/wireless.livedoor.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/livedoor-wireless-logo.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Livedoor Wireless \u30ed\u30b4\" width=\"197\" height=\"44\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13308\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fon.ne.jp\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fon-logo.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"FON \u30ed\u30b4\" width=\"252\" height=\"63\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13307\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h3>Sofbank Mobile<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbankmobile.co.jp\/\">Sofbank Mobile<\/a> announced that they are completely opening up their public wireless LAN service &#8220;Softbank Wi-Fi Spot&#8221; for free. The connection is available for anyone who is in the service area, not limited to current Softbank customers. Softbank Wi-Fi Spot provides 54Mbps connectivity in <a href=\"http:\/\/mb.softbank.jp\/mb\/service_area\/sws\/\">select public locations<\/a> such as restaurants, cafes, hotels and shops. Look for the WiFi Available sticker or BB Mobile Point sticker on storefronts.<br \/>\nTo use, select &#8220;<strong>FON<\/strong>&#8221; network on any wireless LAN supported devices in one of their service locations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/softbank-wifi-stickers.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Softbank \u30e2\u30d0\u30a4\u30eb\u30b9\u30c6\u30c3\u30ab\u30fc\" width=\"251\" height=\"138\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13306\" \/><\/div>\n<h3>Livedoor Wireless<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wireless.livedoor.com\/\">Livedoor Wireless<\/a> is also offering free Wi-Fi on March 12th and 13th. You can check the coverage area with <a href=\"http:\/\/wireless.livedoor.com\/map\/\">their map<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe SSID for the open network is &#8220;<strong>free-online-ld<\/strong>&#8221; (no password required).<br \/>\nThey also provide optional login IDs (01@free@lw \/ 03@free@lw \/ 03@free@lw) and password (livedoor) in case authentication is required by the device.<\/p>\n<h3>FON Japan<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fon.ne.jp\/\">FON Japan<\/a> also announced their effort to offer their network for free to support those who affected by the earthquake and their friends and families.<br \/>\n<strong>FON_FREE_INTERNET<\/strong> and other FON spots are entirely free until March 13th. For updates and possible extension of the dates, follow <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/fonjapan\">@fonjapan<\/a> Twitter account.<\/p>\n<h3>See Also:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbankmobile.co.jp\/ja\/news\/press\/2011\/20110312_02\/\">Softbank Mobile press release<\/a> [J]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.livedoor.jp\/ld_wireless\/archives\/51908390.html\">Livedoor Wireless blog post<\/a> [J]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fon.ne.jp\/event\/22\/\">FON Japan press release<\/a> [J]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12th, some Wi-Fi providers in Japan started offering free connection after the devastating earthquake that hit northeast Japan on Friday afternoon. Sofbank Mobile Sofbank Mobile announced that they are completely opening up their public wireless LAN service &#8220;Softbank Wi-Fi Spot&#8221; for free. The connection is available for anyone who is in the service&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/livedoor-softbank-fon-to-offer-free-wi-fi-after-the-quake\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Livedoor, Softbank, Fon to Offer Free Wi-Fi after the Quake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[1221,2117,3439,4080,4083],"class_list":["post-13297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","tag-fon-japan","tag-livedoor-wireless","tag-softbank-mobile","tag-wi-fi","tag-wifi","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}