Paris currently boasts more Internet connections than any other city in the world, and it will soon have even more because city officials plan to create 400 free Wi-Fi access points in parks and other public places during 2007. Frugal travelers can put these (or one of the 200-plus sites already listed at www.free-hotspots.com) to good use by clicking on Paris' tourism website and downloading a free audio guide.
UPDATE/P.S. My, how times have changed! Last time I was in Paris (7 yrs ago), I would have laughed in anyone's face who would have dared suggest I spend a nanosecond checking email/trolling the interwebs/blogging while I was in Paris! Hah. What a ridiculous thought ... ridiculous no longer. What is this mediated sensory experience now? This feeling of being unconnected when disconnected (or disconnected when unconnected)? I mean, I can imagine that if I went to Paris now that I would bring my laptop and find a nice cafe and what? What?? Okay, it does still sound a little crazy, so maybe I haven't yet fallen off the deep end. Phew.
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