AT&T Wi-Fi does not work on iPhone

[k9jri]

I have a free AT&T Basic WiFi account as a benefit of having AT&T 6MB/S DSL service at home. I have not been able to log in at either of two local McDonald's for the past three weeks. I took my MacBook with me this morning and was able to log in just fine but when I attempted to log in with the iPhone I received an error message telling me that the transaction could not be processed.

I called the AT&T Wi-Fi support number and was told that they were not allowing iPhone access. Only Laptops and the like were being allowed access. When I told him that I had been able to access the network when I first got my iPhone he told me that that was true but a change had been made to not allow access to the iPhone. He said that as far as he knew it was not a technical issue and he did not know if or when access would be allowed in the future.

Kinda strange.... an AT&T home phone, DSL, and AT&T mobile customer with an iPhone and cannot use the service.