Phone wont connect to some wifi connections

I am in college and figured I'd be using quite a bit of the free wifi around my campus. So far, the only wifi network my phone will connect to is one that requires to download a bunch of spyware crap, and didn't let me connect to the free one (kept saying, "Unable to join 'so and so' network." I figured it was nothing, but then i noticed a buddy of mine at school was on the network that I couldnt connect to. Is there a reason my phone cant connect to some wifi networks and others can? Its starting to get annoying, because I do NOT have the unlimited data plan.

Hello JSto19
Just curious but how come you do not have an Unlimited Data plan?
AT&T offers a $20 unlimited data on iPhone First Gen & $30 unlimited data on iPhone 3Gs
The only items that are not unlimited are Voice & SMS unless you are paying for that as well.
Couple things you all can try
iPod touch and iPhone: Tips when using Wi-Fi
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
Unable to use Wi-Fi with iPhone or iPod touch because there's no Wi-Fi address listed for the device
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1559

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