I have had a much better experience with Go WIFI this las...

[tsf]

I have had a much better experience with Go WIFI this last year. I am now on an android phone (no more Ipod) and it usually connects seamlessly.

[rstra]

Good to hear that!

[mdk]

> I just took a shot the he was a he. 

Via Shaw On Demand, I just re-watched the episode of Doctor Who that was the final (? one never knows when a past Doctor makes a guest appearance ?) episode featuring the 12th Doctor. His "resurrected" companion was Bill -- a nominally-masculine name, but definitely was a 20-something female with a skin-colour as dark as Clara's skin-colour was white.

[rstra]

@mdk Are you making accusations towards me, if so, message me directly, otherwise, move on. 

[NYOYDB]

Sorry....your response has left me more confused than before I read it!
I have Shaw Wifi at home, and therefore I have access to ShawOpen at many places such as commercial areas. Occasionally when I'm looking for wifi access, i see a ShawGo source but never seem to have any success signing into it or obtaining wifi access by it. I'm not techy, so have no idea what an SSID is but if I understand you correctly, if I am able to use Shaw Open, then I must have ShawGo. Then why can't I access/use ShawGo?

[NYOYDB]

just how do you figure that something I've paid for is a "gift horse"???
Part of the selling feature of my home wifi contract is access to the supposed many wifi connections I should be able to access when not at home!
And y'all think you're doing me a favor???
How rude and arrogant! 
but such is to be expected from Shaw!

[mdk]

@NYOYDB -- when I'm looking for wifi access, i see a ShawGo source but never seem to have any success signing into it or obtaining wifi access by it.

Note that "ShawOpen" and "ShawGo" are SSIDs -- simply, just the name of a WiFi network.

The "ShawOpen" network requires a subscription to Shaw Internet, and a Shaw E-mail ID.

The "ShawGo" network was created in March 2020 (a year ago, when COVID-19 emerged) by Shaw to allow any person with a WiFi-capable device to freely access the Internet.

After your WiFi device connects to the "ShawGo" network, open the web-browser on your device. The web-browser will automatically be redirected to a web-page, where you must click "I agree" to get Internet access.  Does this not work for you?

> if I understand you correctly, if I am able to use Shaw Open, then I must have ShawGo.

If you can use ShawOpen, your WiFi device is capable of connecting to that SSID on the Shaw WiFi access-point. Since the ShawGo network is offered on the same Shaw WiFi access-point, your device should equally be able to connect to that SSID.

During COVID-19, even if you are not a Shaw customer, your WiFi-enabled device should be able to connect to ShawGo.

Compare accessing ShawOpen to have a one-year unlimited pass to some Museum -- you just show your credentials, and you can enter.  If you don't have a pass, you have to pay the admission fee every time that you want to visit the Museum. ShawGo requires you to authenticate for every connection. The first connection to ShawOpen saves your credentials, to automatically reuse them every future time that you connect.

[minka10]

Thank you. Finally concise clear answer.

Michael

[gappband]

What doe that mean? 

Access to ShawOpen would not be available if Shaw did not offer the GoWiFi technology. Can you dumb it down and explain this without using analogies . 

[mdk]

@gappband -- Access to ShawOpen would not be available if Shaw did not offer the Go WiFi technology.

True. See: https://www.shaw.ca/internet/wifi/

for the service that Shaw has branded as "Go WiFi".

Note that the "ShawGo" WiFi network was created in 2020, as Shaw's response to COVID-19, to offer free WiFi to anybody with a WiFi-capable device. However, 2-plus years later, Shaw no longer offers "ShawGo".

> Can you dumb it down, and explain this without using analogies . 

No. The ShawGo service has been "retired".