Free wifi?

A truck stop with a McDonald's in it or next to it. Free WiFi.

 

Let's see, there's none, and then none, and then over there, there's none too. The only "free" wifi you'll come across is at McD's, some rest areas (very few) and some of the mom & pops. Shoemacher's in Lincoln, NE is one. A few Denny's restaurants have it as well. Parking next to a hotel is out because now they all have passwords. Occasionally some truck company terminals have free wifi, but very limited. A few used to offer free wifi, but of course it was abused and some people downloaded bad stuff, so there goes the free wifi.

 

For the most part the TA truck stop wifi is pretty decent.
Its $4.99 for 24 hours I believe. Haven't used it in well over a year.
My advice is grab a phone/device that has wireless hot spot capabilities, less hassle plus ya have it everywhere.

 

jet-pack

I have found only a couple places where mine wont pull in decent wifi

I have Verizon btw

 

The Iowa 80 'Group' TAs/Petro. with Free Wifi.

Joplin Petro
Oak Grove Petro
Iowa 80 TA

Best Bet is Verizon/Sprint/TMo/ATT Hotspot.
Alot of the Truckstop McDs don't have Free Wifi since they would be competing with the TS Pay Wifi.

 

Something for FREE at a truck stop????

 

I've only been to one Love's McDonald's that didn't have wifi, the one in Odessa, TX.

If you park close enough to the Con-Way terminal at the old 76 truckstop in Blythe, CA you can pick up their free wifi signal.

 

I once paid for wifi at the Petro in New Paris, OH because Tmobile has such a bad signal there and it was out for roughly 10 hours of the 24 I purchased. Pretty much my entire break. Not cool.