In search for hotspots in the Philippines, I ended up compiling everything I have gathered from the net (thank you, my sources!), adding up some personal favorites and asking some geeky friends for suggestions and here’s my list (sorry, it’s not that organized. I’ve been having this terrible headache since last night):
Hotspots in the Metro
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- Arnelli’s Pizza, E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. near St. Luke’s Hospital
- 5 Cows Resto and Bar, TriNoMa (free for the 1st hour)
- 7-11, Pearlbank Centre, Makati
- Alexa’s Deli - h.v. dela costa street, salcedo village, makati
- Aling Lucing’s Sisig at Pasong Tamo
- Amorsolo cor. V.A Rufino (formerly Herrera), Makati
- Baang Coffee Shop, Timog Avenue, QC
- Bawalan’s Apartment, J.P. Rizal St., Tubuan II, Silang.
- Baywalk - in front of Max’s Resto (EG 6 )
- Big Bert’s Professional Auto Detailers offers wi-fi access to its customers (so even if you’re having your car pimped up, you can still stay connected!)
- Bluewave Mall, Macapagal Highway, Pasay City (linksys)
- Bo’s Coffee, Serendra
- Bo’s Coffee, Katipunan
- Burger King, Welcome Rotonda
- Burger King in Alabang Town Center
- Burger King Marcos-hiway near Stalucia East and LTO, Marikina branch
- Burger King SM North Edsa 2nd Flr. Main Bldg
- Burger King, Glorietta
- Cafea - Bohol Ave., Q.C. - near the ABS-CBN complex, besides Singles
- Cajun Burger - N.S. Amoranto Ave (Retiro), QC
- Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental, Makati
- Casa Xocolat in Katipunan area
- CCW Cafe - Guijo street, san antonio village, makati (near cafe saguijo)
- CCW restaurant, Dao St. cor. Guijo St. Makati
- Cello’s Katipunan Avenue
- Chef & Brewer in Emerald Avenue, Ortigas
- Chilli’s - Greenbelt / Greenhills
- Coco Cabana Grill - Kalayaan Ave, near Grilla (they have good lechon kawali too)
- Coffe Bean and Tea Leaf Serendra, The Fort
- Cooltoyz Shop, Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue cor. Madison St., Green Hills
- Country Style - Rufino, Makati (just overheard from somewhere)
- Cravings, Katipunan Ave.
- CRC (ACB)
- Cyberzone, SM Megamall Building B (Philcom)
- DavidSpot! HotZone (within the vicinity of DLSU-CSU, St. Benilde)
- Dingo systems-eastwood citibank 100% free
- DLSU
- Embassy Cafe - the Fort in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
- Entertainment Arts Center, Jupiter St., Makati Avenue
- Ferguson Plaza Ermita, Manila
- FEU Morayta campus (please confirm)
- Fish & Co. - Shangrila Plaza mall (Edsa cor Shaw Blvd)
- Fish & Co. - SM MOA
- Five Cows - Trinoma
- Free Public Wifi (ad hoc) at Paseo de Roxas near Mandarin Oriental, Makati
- Friday’s - Serendra / Glorietta / Sta. Lucia / Tomas Morato
- Fully Booked, Power Plant
- Gloria Jeans - Fort Bonifacio
- Gloria Jeans - Megamall
- Gonuts Donuts - SM Megamall
- Holiday Inn Galleria Manila (Galleria Suites), Ortigas Center
- Hotel Intercontenental, Ayala Avenue, Makati
- Italiani’s - Connecticut Carpark, Ghills
- Italliani’s, Greenbelt 2
- Jayjay’s Inasal (Ortigas Home Depot compound along Julia Vargas Ave.) Open 24 Hours (with charging fee though)
- Jollibee - Trinoma (Ground Floor)
- Krispy Kreme, Bonifacio High Street, The Fort (ask for key for free access)
- Lia’s Cakes - Commonwealth Avenue (private but you may ask for key for free access)
- Mabini cor. Salas
- Makati City Hall (accessible from Guadalupe Bridge)
- Manila Pavilion Hotel lobby, United Nations Avenue, Manila
- Manila Peninsula - Makati
- Manila Peninsula, Lobby area
- Mario’s Kitchen, Metrowalk, Ortigas
- Masas, and Greenbelt 2 area
- MAX resto - SM Megamall
- Mcdonald’s, Philcoa
- Mcdonald’s, Trinoma
- Ministop, Makati
- Mobile 1 Park Square Makati
- Murphy’s, along Esteban Ave.
- Nitz Restaurant in Fairview in front of FEU
- Old Swiss Inn, The Atrium, Makati
- Om Spa, Guerrero St., Malate
- Palm Store Glorietta 4th Floor
- Petron Makati (look for a signal in every Petron branch in Makati.Haha)
- Pier One (all branches >recently updated)
- Pier One, Ortigas
- Pier One, Roxas
- Pier One, The Fort, Taguig City
- Pier One, Tomas Morato, Quezon City
- Placemat Pinoy Cafe in Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Castor, Quezon City
- RCHS, University of Santo Tomas, Espana St, Manila
- Read and Brew – Fairview (with small space, but so what? It gives you free access!)
- RnB Coffe - malapit sa FEU fairview
- Robinsons Galleria (Ortigas), at the East Wing. Strongest signal is at Bar One and Bo’s Cafe on the basement.
- Robinsons Pioneer (EDSA corner Pioneer). The cafes on the second floor offer free WiFi.
- Robinson’s Place Ermita, 2nd floor just above National Bookstore
- Robinson’s Place Manila - Taste Buds (absolutely free with dial-up speed)
- Robinsons Place, Manila (near food center)
- Rustan’s Department store in Alabang Town Center
- Rustans, Shangri-la, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City
- San Francisco Coffee House - El Pueblo, Ortigas
- Seattle’s Best, E. Rodriguez
- Seattle’s Best, Eastwood City
- Seattle’s Best, Powerplant Mall, Makati (linksys)
- Seattle’s Coffee, TriNoMa (free for the 1st hour)
- Shangri-La Hotel in Makati.(But according to my research, they are now charging P250 *consumable at the lobby cafe)
- Shangri-la Plaza, Ortigas
- Shell - Magallanes
- Shell Maya vicinity (corner Buendia & Ayala Ave., Makati)
- SM San Lazaro
- smart - ayala ave. makati
- Sotto cor. V.A Rufino, Makati
- Starbucks - Corinthians
- Starbucks - Fort Bonifacio (wandering signal detected)
- starbucks - infront of citibank tower makati ave.
- Starbucks Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue (near Xavier School/Mary the Queen Church) - free WiFi provided by Cooltoyz laptop store.
- Starbucks below Cooltoyz (you can get his signal from there eh. hehe…)
- Starbucks c/o Chinabank, Villar St.
- Starbucks G4
- Starbucks WalMart, Pasong Tamo (weak signal, easily gets disconnected)
- Starbucks, Gateway
- Starbucks, Greenbelt 3 near the lagoon
- Starbucks, Metrowalk
- Starbucks, Pearl Dr. Ortigas(in front of CRC)
- Starbucks, Robinsons Galeria
- Starbucks-Bluewave, Macapagal Blvd
- STI-San Pablo-Lim Chock Bldg, San Pablo, Laguna.
- T.I.P.S. >the ideal place in suburb: infront of Fatima medicine bldg/Fatima hospital
- Teriyaki Boy in Buendia (Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) cor. Jupiter Street
- The Podium at Ortigas Center. (Strongest signal is at the ground floor, near Cafe Breton and Starbucks)
- Timezone - Trinoma
- Total Gas Station - SLEX
- TOTAL Gas Station near SM Sucat
- Tower Inn, Lobby, Pasay Rd. at Makati Ave
- Valero st. near corporate 88
- Valle Verde Country Club – by the lanai and near the swimming pool (non-members are welcomed – just bring your laptop and order something, of course!)
- WalterMart along Pasong Tamo-Pasay Road
- WLAN PS - in front of Philam Life Tower, Makati
- Xocolat - Megamall
- Zupa, Cybermall in Eastwood City, Libis
*Updates:
- UP Diliman Campus - major buildings like Asian Center (there’s a Php20 charging fee though and you have to borrow your maroon friend’s key pass to get free access. If you’re not a student in UP or you have no friends there, you are doomed)
Provincial Hotspots (merged)
- Almost all coffee shops and hotels in GenSan courtesy of Pacquiao (just kidding!)
- Amigo Terrace Hotel Islands Restaurant, Iloilo City
- Apo View Hotel lobby, Davao City
- Bamboo Bungalows, Boracay
- Basti’s Brew, Victoria Plaza, Davao City
- Bean Bag Cafe, Naga City (yes! I have tried this!)
- Blugre Cafe - Landco, JP Laurel, Davao City
- Boracay Terraces Hotel (dulo ng station 1, as in dulo before the path going to Nami, hehehe) - restaurant, rooms, and in between.
- Bo’s Coffee - Metro Lifestyle, F. Torres St., Davao City
- Cafe Bob’s, Lacson St. , Bacolod City
- Camsur Watersports Complex, Pili Cam Sur (whether you’re chilling by infinity pool or on the wakeboard platform, you’re free to exercise your geek right.)
- Casa Leticia Hotel - Camus St., Davao City
- Coffee Overdose, Pampanga
- Coffee Pod - F. Torres St., Davao City
- Coffee Works infront of Cafe Laguna, CDO
- Cucina de Oro Restaurant, CDO
- Cups and Lowercase Business Lounge, Torres St., Davao City
- Daddy Eds, Subic
- Dave’s Straw Hat Inn, near Station 3, Boracay (Open hotspot)
- DECO’s Batchoy, Iloilo City
- Fiesta Hotel, East Ridge Golf and Country Club, Binangonan, Rizal
- Friday’s - Boracay
- Figaro - Sales St. (Chimes Mall), Davao City
- Formula Pete’s - Autoshop, JP Laurel, Davao City
- Gaisano Mall First Floor - JP Laurel. Davao City
- Grand Dame Hotel, Iloilo City
- Grand Regal Hotel - JP Laurel., Davao City
- K1 -F. Torres St., Davao City
- Karl’s Koffee Korner - SM City, Quimpo Boulevard, Matina, Davao City
- Kasagingan Coffee Shop - F. Torres St., Davao City
- Lobo Municipal hall - Lobo, Batangas
- MacGregor’s Coffee Shop, along GenSan Drive, Koronadal City, South Cotobato
- Marco Polo Hotel - Cor. CM Recto and Roxas Sts., Davao City
- Matina Town Square - McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City
- Mc Donalds/ Mc Cafe, Lacson St., Bacolod City
- Molino Grill, Naga City (beside Bean Bag)
- NCCC Mall - Food Court, McArthur Hwy., Matina, Davao City
- Partyplace, Pampanga
- Pizza da Baffo, Boracay (a spillover from Bamboo Bungalows)
- Regency café - villa abrille st., Davao City
- Regency Hotel (pool side & beach area)
- RENZO HOTEL - Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
- Robinsons, Starmills, Pampanga
- Royal Mandaya Hotel - Palma Gil St., Davao City
- Sarabia Manor Hotel Coffee Shop, Iloilo City
- Spencer’s, Pampanga
- Sugar Land Hotel, Bacolod City
- Sun Village Central (spillover from Bamboo Bungalows)
- Sychar Hotel Lobby - J.P. Laurel, Davao City
- Taza Cafe at The Site, CDO
- The Avenue Square, Magsaysay Ave., Naga City
- Toyota CDO Inc. Kauswagan, CDO
- Waterfront Hotel, Cebu
- Waterfront Hotel, Lanang, Davao City
There you go! Now I am going to get ready so I can try it out at TriNoMa! Woohoo! Enjoy surfing, free-loaders! Haha! Hope you find it useful. If you want to add or cut off something (for example, notifying me that a shop has closed down or no longer providing free access), please do drop me a line so we can update everybody! Thanks! 
Tagged by Joni and I obliged. Haha. Why? Because I think it’s fun. 
To those that I would tag after this, here’s what to do:
A. Upon receiving this tag, immediately perform a screen capture of your desktop. It is best that no icons be deleted before the screen capture so as to add to the element of fun.
You can do a screen capture by:
[1] Going to your desktop and pressing the Print Scrn key (located on the right side of the F12 key).
[2] Open a graphics program (like Picture Manager, Paint, or Photoshop) and do a Paste (CTRL + V).
[3] If you wish, you can “edit” the image, before saving it.
B. Post the picture in your blog. You can also give a short explanation on the look of your desktop just below it if you want. You can explain why you preferred such look or why is it full of icons. Things like that.
C. Tag five of your friends and ask them to give you a Free View of their desktop as well.
D. Add your name to this list of Free Viewers with a link pointing directly to your Desktop Free View post to promote it to succeeding participants.
No screenshot of my laptop wallpaper yet. Haha. Here’s from my personal computer
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I don’t exactly hate, but I dislike cluttered and unorganized stuff too. That is why I try to avoid having a lot desktop shortcuts eventhough I think I use almost all of the programs I have installed. I constantly check the ones I rarely use then remove it. If I had to take a screen capture of my browser, it’s stuffed with all the add-ons. Seish thinks it’s too much. Haha. And I don’t care! It makes my life easier. 
I know, I know. I am still stuck with that Transformer wallpaper. I believe it is more embarrassing to display my Photoshop-ed profiles. Haha! Hmm, if you want to start explaining why you chose those shortcut icons on your desktop like I do, go ahead! But it isn’t required. So I have…
- Sony Ericsson File Manager to transfer the pictures I took from my phone. I am a camwhore.
- Chikka Messenger to send international and local text messages for free. I am a texter…(well, I used to be).
- Nero StartSmart to burn cd and dvd copy requests for family and friends so that they won’t have to get my original copy. Haha. I am a pirate.
- Winamp (now v5.5) to listen to music! What else? This is my only companion in boredom series each day. I am a music-lover.
- Yahoo! Messenger to get connected and get update from friends through chatting. Well, I wish I could stay invisible sometimes if not just for my boss who checks my attendance online. I also use MSN, but it’s an exclusive account.Haha. I am attached to online communication.
- Google Earth to learn more about the places I want to see, browse interesting pictures and travel around the world by just sitting in front of my computer. I open it almost everyday. The least would be once a week. Haha! I could content myself with that for now. I am a virtual traveler.
- PowerDVD to watch my favorite tv series and movies on dvd which I buy from Quiapo and St. Francis square. Hmm, I haven’t been there in a while. No police raid reported yet? Haha. I am a flickster.
- Mozilla Firefox (hmm, I should delete this shortcut. It’s already on my taskbar. I am a Firefox fan.
- IBP and Arelis to help me with my SEO tasks. Whew. Let’s not go there. I am an SEO Specialist (ugh…)
- FileZilla Client to make uploading easier than logging on to 01ftp.com or net2ftp.com every time. Most of the time I directly make changes on my client’s ftp site. I am a pro-uploader and downloader.
I am done! Now it’s Ruben, Mirkey, Pangz, Seish and Reah’s turn. Please do this…NOW! Haha.
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