BT Openzone-H etc.

I switched on my WiFi adapter on my laptop this morning and decided to give BT Openzone/Fon a try out for an hour, by paying £3 by text etc. I got immediate connection after putting in the code supplied and enjoyed about 38 minutes of fast intenet access but then it suddenly stopped and that was it.
Interestingly for some period of time after that and when my hour had expired, i sitll tried to connect with BT Openzone/FON etc but my computer said that it couldn't connect to either and it is only just now when I got home from shopping that I find that I can now connect again and get their homepage. Is this usual as it said that the signal strength is Good/Excellent.
Similarly after the sudden cut off this morning I tried to get both the above using my Android table and my Android phone and another laptop but none of these could connect.

If you're a BT customer and opted in to BTWifi (formally BTFon) then you get free access anyway.
The random drop outs are very common, that's why I gave up a long time ago.
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Just to check, are you sure that you are connecting to BTWif with your phone and that it is not still using 3g. To connect to BTWifi you have to use your primary email address and password to log on.
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sorry but are you trying to connect to the hub wireless or ethernet cable?
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a very good evening,
i have just got a iphone 3gs with orange, they seem to think that i cannot log onto BT fon,
only BY openzone, true or not please. hving spoken to the orange help desk today they are sure that
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I want am about to disable my ‘Fon’ service.
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Keith_Beddoe wrote:
pottyperson wrote:Aren't BT hotspots provided commercially (eg Starbucks, John Lewis) free to everybody?
Those are provided by another WiFi company, normally "The Cloud". You get free limited access with a voucher code, but you normally have to register with them first.
I've used BT Wifi at Starbucks and John Lewis with my BTBB details, but Joe Public can also join in through a registration process. I'm also registered with The Cloud, and yes they do provide free hotspots (eg Wetherspoons, Little Chef, railway stations) but not at JL and Starby's.
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I do not understand why you folks are blaming Verizon for this. Please give me a moment to explain my theory.
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