Even if until a few years ago it seemed an unlikely thing, today it is possible to surf the Internet practically for free, in any part of Italy or the world, without necessarily consuming data traffic on one's own telephone line. To do this, it is sufficient to take full advantage of public Wi-Fi and hotspots made available by commercial activities (such as large shopping malls or famous chain stores) or networks provided directly by municipalities, which increasingly cover public parks, walking areas and restricted traffic areas.
In this article we will show you how to surf the Internet for free wherever we are, both by exploiting public network services made available to citizens (and we will see what are the ways to find free Wi-Fi in Italy), and going to certain areas of the city where we are.
How to surf the Internet for free
Below we have collected all the legal methods to be able to surf the Internet for free, without paying any type of subscription or cost (often only free registration is requested on the reference portal).Wi-Fi hotspots offered by businesses
For example, to put it simply, in every city in the world where we are located you should be able to find a McDonald's, a Starbucks, a Burger King or any other chain of restaurants and bars that certainly provides a free Wi-Fi network for all customers.
As for hotels, you can search on sites like Booking to check if a particular hotel offers Wi-Fi in the room or in the common areas. Other places that surely offer the possibility to surf the internet for free are airports, museums, bookstores, gyms and many other places .
Usually to access these networks we will only have to select them in the Wi-Fi menu of our device, so as to open an automatic Web page in which to log in with our free account (if we do not have one, we will be asked to create it using our email or our phone number).
Wi-Fi hotspots offered by telephone operators
Some internet providers provide free internet access in some areas of many Italian cities, such as the Fastweb WOW Fi service.
If we are in an area covered by the WOW Fi signal, all we have to do is enter our credentials for the Fastweb account when connecting to surf for free, without consuming the data traffic included in our offer. If we have a Fastweb SIM, it will allow us to automatically access the WOW Fi network as soon as it is available.
To learn more, please read our guide on how to surf for free by activating the WOW FI Fastweb or FON Vodafone Wifi network .
Wi-Fi hotspot offered by Trenitalia
If we travel a lot by train on the Frecciarossa and Frecciargento lines, we can take advantage of free Wi-Fi on all the carriages that make up the chosen train.
If we are on board a train of the indicated lines, we open the Wi-Fi menu, we connect to the Wi-Fi of the train then we open the Web page www.portalefrecce.it, so that we can log in by phone number and password. Once you have confirmed your credentials, we will be able to surf the Internet for free during the entire trip, without consuming the data offered by our smartphone or tablet.
How to find other free Wi-Fi in Italy
In addition to the services indicated so far, we can find many other free Wi-Fi around Italy, such as those offered for example by WiFi Italy.
By downloading the service app to our Android or iPhone device, we will be able to search for free hotspots on the map, so that we can connect to them to surf the Internet for free.
In addition to this service, many municipalities and provinces of Italy offer their free Wi-Fi, so you can access the Internet at no cost by simply entering the tax code or identity card number.
Currently we can find free Wi-Fi networks in the municipalities of Rome, Milan, Turin, Savona, Parma, Prato, Reggio Calabria, Salerno, Naples, Bologna, Florence and many others, as we can see from the map of free hotspots.
How to find free Wi-Fi abroad
If we travel a lot abroad, finding a free Wi-Fi becomes very important, since the costs for surfing in roaming can be very expensive (especially outside the European Union).To make it easier to find places with free Internet, you can take advantage of an app like WiFi Map, available for free for Android and iOS.
In this app we will find both the free hotspot networks of the foreign cities to which we go and the home networks that provide Internet access without a password (to be used with caution, since we do not know what they can do with our exchanged data). The database includes addresses and also passwords and registration links. A paid version of the app also allows you to consult the map without going on the Internet, which is particularly useful if we are already abroad.
Another similar app to find free Wi-Fi abroad is WiFi Finder, also available for Android and iOS.
Just open the app to find us immediately all the hotspots available in the area, complete with an estimated maximum speed. Excellent functionality that allows you to save maps of an area or city offline, so you can consult them even without an Internet connection.
To learn more about the app to find free Wi-Fi, we recommend reading our guide on Apps to find free Wifi and free wireless networks on the map .
Conclusions
Reading the guide carefully we realized that free Wi-Fi is practically around us, we will only have to know them and connect to the first useful opportunity in order to save data traffic. If we are abroad, finding free Wi-Fi is essential if we want to make a free call or to start a chat or video chat, so we can notify you of our arrival and our conditions.Since public Wi-Fi networks are insecure with respect to the home network (someone could attempt the theft of our passwords or personal data while browsing), we strongly recommend that you connect to these networks safely, reading our articles on how to surf secure on public wifi network, free or unsecured and alongside the best free VPN services and programs to surf safely and freely .
