# The ipod touch and internet access **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 9, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ipod-touch-and-internet-access/418514 "2007-09-09T01:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ipod-touch-and-internet-access/418514/1 "2007-09-09T01:53:39Z")
Sorry, where I’m at right now it takes several minutes to load a webpage, so if I could have easily found this information elsewhere, please accept my apologies. My question is this: Will the internet access on the Ipod Touch be like on the Iphone, where you pay a monthly fee and can access the internet from anywhere, or rather, will it just be like having a wi-fi card on a laptop, so that there is no monthly fee and you can just access the internet through wi-fi connections like I can with my laptop? (I.e., anywhere on campus for free, for a fee at Starbucks, free at Jack in the Box, and so on.) Thanks for the info. -Kris ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ipod-touch-and-internet-access/418514/2 "2007-09-09T04:04:13Z")
It’ll be the latter. You’ll need to be around a wifi hotspot in order to take advantage of the internet… just like a laptop. The iPhone is different, in that, if there’s not wifi it can pick up on, it’ll automatically switch over to AT&T’s Edge network, which is unlimited for iPhone users and part of the monthly cell fee. There is no monthly fee for the iPod, because it is not a cell device.