Centrally located in the bohemian Marais district, you can get free wi-fi in your cosy, richly decorated room via a loaned iPad from the front desk.
Or, get out of the house altogether scope out which coffee shops, restaurants, and other venues in your area offer free Wi-Fi, or think about investing in a mobile hotspot or USB modem so that you can work anywhere that inspires you.
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Working outside is becoming easier as the city and private organizations offer more free Wi-Fi in parks and green spaces.
The City will start by offering free Wi-Fi in Millennium Park in September, as part of a partnership with SilverIP.
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As a part of this initiative, the retailer recently installed free Wi-Fi in its stores to allow access to its e-commerce.
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New York also offers free wi-fi in parks and last year began to install wireless internet access at several of its subway stations.
In some instances, it can be as basic as providing free coffee and Wi-Fi or, in the case of TD Bank, free coin-counting at "Penny Arcade" machines.
In Paris, several hundred individual wi-fi zones offer free connections in public parks and municipal spaces.
Google also recently rolled out New York City's biggest contiguous free public Wi-Fi in the Chelsea neighborhood, where the company has a campus.
Virgin Media plans to roll out free public wi-fi in London to compete with BT's Openzone - the catch being that customers must subscribe to Virgin's broadband service at home to access the fastest speeds at no cost.
The city launched a free Wi-Fi service in March 2004 that covered LOVE Park in its downtown city center and saw 1, 200 users register to use it in the first two months, says Dianah Neff, the city's chief information officer.
But the powers-that-be can't seem to agree on whether funding of any sort should go to free wi-fi, particularly in these straitened times.
Finally, the third element of the RFI will be to implement free Wi-Fi internet service in every public park, plaza or space across the city.
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Rooms are appointed in warm stained wood and leather with brass trimmings, have big walk-in showers, free wi-fi, Illy espresso makers and huge picture windows (ask for one overlooking 57th Street or for a Park View room on the highest floors of the 29-storey tower).
The 210-room Hotel Indigo, part of the IHG chain, is the first LEED-certified hotel in downtown San Diego and offers guests free wi-fi, hypo-allergenic hardwood floors and windows that open to the great outdoors in all rooms.
Every hotel that offers free Wi-Fi, which should be every hotel, could in theory give free unlimited calling to anyplace.
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It is one of the few five-star hotels in Paris that offers free wi-fi.
Of course, there would be many people who would question the need for free public wi-fi, even in city centres.
Bloomberg and the City of New York to provide free Wi-Fi at 26 locations in 20 New York City parks across the five boroughs.
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In Islington's case, spending cuts led to funds being targeted on core services like adult social care, and the free wi-fi scheme stopped working in March 2011.
Mobile operator O2 is to provide free internet to "millions" of residents and visitors in central London by launching Europe's largest free wi-fi zone.
Residents are being asked to club together in a bid to provide free wi-fi access for a Nottinghamshire town.
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For more business-minded travellers, wi-fi in the lobby is free, the hotel has two modern meeting rooms, and there is a bright gym located on the top floor.
The messaging app already allowed for free voice calls over Wi-Fi, but in BB10 it's adding a FaceTime-like video-chatting feature.
"The Freerunner mission is to give everyone free access to fast wi-fi whether you are in a coffee shop in the West End of London or a community centre in the suburbs of Newcastle, " said chief executive Owen Geddes.
One option: granting members of the jury pool free access to the court's wi-fi network in exchange for temporarily "friending" his office.
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In September 2012, Google Play leveraged Ads for Access to introduce consumers to the variety of rich content available in the new service as part of the free Wi-Fi connection offer.
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All are bookable by the hour with automated check-in and check-out, and contain a bed, free wi-fi, a workstation, shower and flat screen television.
Rumor had it that back in February, that the Federal Communications Commission planned to make Wi-Fi free for most of the country.
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The 235-room Hotel Solamar is part of the popular Kimpton chain, offering free wi-fi to members of its InTouch loyalty program (sign up at check in if you are not a member), a complimentary wine hour each evening to mingle with hotel staff and guests, and of course, the requisite rooftop Solamar Terrace, with a heated swimming pool and bar.
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