Common questions about BT Wi-fi
Tell me more about BT Wi-fi
BT Wi-fi is the new name for our wi-fi service and brings together BT Openzone, our great-value public wireless broadband internet access, and BT Fon, the world's largest wi-fi community.
But it's more than that. We're the only supplier in the country to include unlimited free wi-fi with our home broadband. More recently, we've done the same for our business broadband. So, if you're a BT Broadband or BT Business Broadband customer, you have FREE and unlimited wi-fi with no need to pay for 3G or a dongle to get internet on the go.
BT Wi-fi is the new name for our wi-fi service and brings together BT Openzone and BT Fon. It makes things neater and clearer – and easier for you to find a hotspot and get online when you're out and about. If you have BT Broadband at home, you can also download our new smartphone apps from www.bt.com/freewifi to make getting online even easier.
Yes. You can carry on using the voucher in the usual way until it expires.
No, only the name has changed. You can still use your wi-fi in the usual way.
Only our name will change. You can carry on using your BT Openzone subscription in the usual way. We'll be changing the name of our subscription and voucher products soon but the names remain the same for the moment.
If you want to change your subscription, login to your account and follow the steps to 'Change or upgrade my subscription account'.
They're the same thing. Simply it's an internet connection without wires. You can do everything that you'd do plugged in at home or in the office. Facebook, Twitter, email, games, music, you name it.
BT Wi-fi means you can do it all out and about at over 5 million hotspots around the UK & Ireland.
BT Wi-fi (inc. BT Openzone) is a wireless broadband (wi-fi) service that you can access in public places (hotspots) such as airports, hotels, coffee shops, motorway service stations and city centres. Get online at over 5 million BT Wi-fi hotspots throughout the UK and Ireland, and at selected locations outside the UK. BT Broadband comes with unlimited free BT Wi-fi access so there's no need to pay for 3G or a dongle to get internet on the go. If you don't have BT Broadband, all you need is a BT Wi-fi subscription or voucher.
Buy BT Wi-fi access now
To find out more about BT Broadband for home use, go to http://www.bt.com/broadband
To find out about BT Business Broadband, go to http://business.bt.com/broadband
To help make sure you receive a safe, reliable and robust service, BT Wi-fi encrypts your account details at login. We also advise you make sure you have up to date firewall and anti-virus software to guard against any attacks and we strongly recommend you consider using a virtual private network (VPN), which protects your data from being intercepted. You will find the option to disable cookies via your internet browser options. Note however that some web sites may not support this function.
Visit our security section to read more about the things you can do to be even safer online.
BT Wi-fi comes with free security software to keep your details safe when you send personal data.
To download and install it in a hotspot, click on 'FREE security software' at the bottom of the log-in page.
BT Wi-fi gives you internet access, at broadband speeds, at over 5 million places across the UK. You can easily get online where you want to like in cafés, hotels, stations, airports and city centres. And you can choose from lots of brand names offering our wi-fi service such as Starbucks, Roadchef, Welcome Break, Hilton, Menzies and Thistle Hotels.
It's all free and unlimited if you have BT Broadband. To find out more go to www.bt.com/freewifi for your home, or business.bt.com/broadband if you have BT Business Broadband.
BT Wi-fi is a member of the Fon international wi-fi community. All BT Broadband customers who've opted in will agree to securely share a portion of their wi-fi bandwidth through a separate channel on their hub. In return, they can use the world's largest wi-fi network for free. That's over 6 million wi-fi hotspots around the world.
Yes. BT Broadband comes with free unlimited wi-fi minutes. If you aren't a BT Broadband customer, you can buy BT Wi-fi access now.
To find out more about BT broadband go to www.bt.com/broadband for your home, or business.bt.com/broadband for your business.
