Local Corvallis businesses are quite generous in the number of FREE wireless hotspots available to the general public. This will probably continue as long as WiFi users continue to be decent customers — it is important to avoid becoming someone who just hogs up space without buying anything in some reasonable interval. Also be mindful of others who share your connection: massive use of bandwidth (such as peer-to-peer programs) hurt the others that share the connection. Ironically, the larger chains in town such as Starbucks require their customers to pay for access, while small business owners in town typically offer it without charge.

A Pushpin Map provides a nice view of WiFi hotspots in different locations, although more data needs to be added for hotspots in Corvallis.