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by jedberg 3367 days ago
What makes you think it isn't privately owned? It's true that the domain can't be bought, but you still hit a Verizon server when you go there.

And if you're using an iDevice, you might as well go to http://captive.apple.com, which was designed for the purpose of authenticating to hotspots and Apple already knows who you are anyway. :)

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Or the Google equivalent if you are on Android -http://www.gstatic.com/generate_204