Hong Kong's PCCW WiFi proves to be more pain than gain despite being a great service when it works. Below is my quest to get the service back to functioning on my HP iPAQ HW6965 mobile, running Windows Mobile 5 (WM5).

The messages below are Twitter messages I tweeted during setup. 

  • @dda Re "PCCW WiFi login": they must have changed more to it (invisible) as recently WM5 IE fails it too and Opera most of the time as well.
  • @dda No problem using a Windows computer either. But I've failed with all apps on both WM5 & WM6 (I usually do *not* carry around a laptop).
  • @dda I will try that on a mobile this noon: RT @waishinglee: New PCCW Wi-Fi login page! Now there's an actual portal. And timer (...)
  • Applied for 110HKD (98+12) unlimited 2G & WiFi plan at People (China Mobile). It's only monthly based, great as no 3G so can switch anytime.
  • I tried the PCCW WiFi login from my WM5 mobile: it's still the same. No optical nor functional change & still giving cryptic error messages.
  • @waishinglee Re "PCCW WiFi Connection Manager": I'll try tonight. Last time WM5 was not available so just used browser login until fail now.
  • PCCW WiFi's connection manager for WM5 works fine.. except for it deleted all my previously saved network connections (about a dozen). Sigh.
  • PCCW WiFi is something for people with lots of time & patience. Sitting right above access point, it took 3 connection attempts: low speed..
  • To conclude my PCCW WiFi quest: I'll only use it on mobile if right next to a booth. The same applies to laptop use. Otherwise it's 2G & 3G.