Taipei is often lauded for its profusion of wireless internet service. Yet, sometimes it's quite difficult to find. Obviously, places like Dante and Starbucks have paying Wifi service, but that's not what I'm talking about. There are numerous cafés and bars that offer free wireless access in and around Taipei, but if you don't know where they are, then you're kind of up a creek.

When I lived in Paris, I had the same problem. Not wanting to write in my apartment, I searched numerous sites and found tons of conflicting information about where to go for the access.*

Today, I found a new program that's great for people searching for wifi access, it's called Wefi, and it's free. I hope people will spread this around, download the program and start loading some wifi sites onto the maps here in Taipei and around Taiwan.

* Comparing Taiwan and France when it comes to any form of technology is like comparing a spaceship to a sandcastle. France is unconnected to an almost laughable extent. Anyone who's ever studied in a French public university can vouch for that