Comments on: New Japanese Vending Machines Offer Free WiFi; Fulfills Otakus’ Greatest Fantasy

By: Grainne Gillespie

Grainne Gillespie — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:13:00 +0000

I haven’t been to Japan yet so I have yet to see Japan’s vending machines, though I have seen an absolutely massive one in Paris’ Gard du Nord train station, sold milk as well as washing up powder

By: John

John — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:34:00 +0000

Haha, I haven’t been to that one yet but I’ll have to look out for it next time I’m shoppin’ on campus.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:31:00 +0000

Even the hotels… even… the… hotels… it’s a good thing MacBooks still come with an Ethernet port!

It’ll be interesting to see if this implementation encourages other places (cafes and whatnot) to start offering free wifi as well. Once people get used to it, it will become more of a priority.

By: Kiriain

Kiriain — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:44:00 +0000

What if there was a vending machine for a Tofugu cake?
http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tofugu-cake2.jpg

By: Hashi

Hashi — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:37:00 +0000

Yeah, it’s crazy that a country with such fast internet doesn’t have more easily-available public WiFi.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:34:00 +0000

YES! No wifi is hands down the most frustrating thing I’ve encountered– even in cafés, if you’re lucky enough to find a network it’s likely behind a paywall which may or may not take an American credit card…

Also a plus for those with smartphones who don’t want to stack up insane roaming charges while Google-mapping the bus route to the Miyajima ferry or whatever.