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iPod Touch and BT Openzone: Does not work
dsrichard
23-10-2007
There seems to be a general agreement that the iPod Touch does not work with BT Openzone. This is a shame because wifi is the only way of connecting the Touch wirelessly to the outside world and Openzone is about a widespread as hotspot zones come.

It stems from the way you have to use a web login page to authenticate yourself. The iPod will successfully find the Openzone hotspot and connect to it with a strong signal. The url will successfully redirect to the Openzone login page and you can successfully enter your Openzone user name and password. The Openzone logged in page successfully appears.

This is where it all goes wrong. Every new page you try to open redirects to an Openzone page telling you how to buy more minutes. Every page you try to open just redirects.

If you return to the login page and refresh it then it successfully reports how long you've been logged in to Openzone using up your minutes...

Apparently, it's not like this logging in to other wifi hotspot networks. Indeed The Cloud has a tariff that specifically targets iPod Touch users.

Anyone with solutions, thoughts, anger?
pault2006
23-10-2007
There's some more discussions on it here:

http://www.beta.bt.com/bta/forums/th...a?threadID=514
andybno1
24-10-2007
working in a bt building I get bt openzone come up in my list but upon investigation from pages it lets me view you have to buy airtime with bt openzone, this login page mentioned appears on the homepage I get when I try to connect via ipod touch so all I can guess from what I seen is u buy airtime then login via homepage
dsrichard
24-10-2007
Yes, that's exactly what happens. Even if you have an unlimited airtime account. You keep reverting to the buy airtime page.

It's nothing to do with buying airtime. It's to do with the iPod Touch's Safari and the way BT Openzone authenticates the client and decides that client has valid airtime.

It will probably need uplift to the Openzone login code. A tiny uplift maybe, but uplift nevertheless.
tallpol
26-10-2007
Have opted into BTfon and Openzone works fine for me. When I log in it directs to the BTFon page with the option to 'Launch Browser' which opens a new page with an unfound url message but I'm connected and its just a case of opening by bookmarks or inputing www address. Actually very nice to use and plenty fast!
andybno1
26-10-2007
wats BTFon?
simonp820
26-10-2007
I used mine in a service station last week and it worked fine. Agreed, it's a pain in the arse having to input user/pass but once done it worked ok.

Simon
tallpol
27-10-2007
Link to BTFon http://www.btfon.com/
dsrichard
27-10-2007
This leads me to suspect that the problem is with some code on the regular Openzone login page. Openzone login details also work perfectly on the Touch in Starbucks logging in through the T-Mobile login page.

If the BTFon login page works then clearly it's not to do with Openzone authentication as such as everything to do with some rubbish code on the regular Openzone login page.

Hmm.
pjnorris
06-11-2007
www.thecloud.net/ipod - register your mac address and for £3.99/month (no contract) you can connect to BTOpenzone without authenticating.

List of providers Cloud offer are here:
http://www.thecloud.net/About-us/Our...vice-providers

Regards
Paul
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