The Lima airport is an offical Speedy Wi-Fi Hot Spot. Access cards ($5 for 5 hours) are available at the Britt stores in the airport. The signal was strong this morning both inside and outside the security area.

Kennedy/Central Parks, the Starbucks Coffee locations that I have found, as well as the Las Americas Hotels on Avenue Larco and on the street behind Pizza Alley are also Speedy hot spots. You can buy cards at the hotel desks. I'm not sure where else cards are available, but they're not location-specific, so a Las Americas card, for example, will work in Kennedy Park.

Speedy Wi-Fi is a Telfonica product, so you could probably stop in one of the Telefonica stores here and there and ask them, too.

The Doubletree hotel on Avenue Pardo has free wireless throughout the hotel, including the rooms. You can also connect to their network printer and print for free to the printer in their business center. The staff there is nice, so I imagine that in a pinch, they probably wouldn't object too strongly to you sitting in the lobby and doing your thing. You could also buy a drink at the second floor bar and go crazy.

Almost as universal as the Golden Arches <g>, just look for the Centrino logo and you're connected. This photo was taken in Kennedy Park. The good news: there are plenty of different signals floating around the park, so depending where you sit, you could connect for free. The bad news: There was a lot of glare wherever I sat.


(Message edited by rtgooch on November 26, 2005)

The question must be asked: how likely is it that one will still be in possession of their laptop after displaying it in a public park? If one does not have bodyguards, that is...

I still have mine!

Anyway, Parque Central in Moraflores is probably amongst the safest places I have ever been. It's right in the middle of the tourist section, there's cops everywhere.

In fact, none of the places that I saw the 'speedy wi-fi' signs were in areas you could consider unsafe. I guess the Telefonica people considered this, too.