Comments on: Starbucks drops T-Mobile for AT&T http://polizeros.com/2008/02/12/starbucks-drops-t-mobile-for-att/ Musings on politics: Antiwar, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bob Morris http://polizeros.com/2008/02/12/starbucks-drops-t-mobile-for-att/comment-page-1/#comment-148701 Bob Morris Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:34:11 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/12/starbucks-drops-t-mobile-for-att/#comment-148701 Free is always better! But 70,000 hotspots worldwide for $20 a month ain't bad. Free is always better! But 70,000 hotspots worldwide for $20 a month ain’t bad.

]]> By: DJ http://polizeros.com/2008/02/12/starbucks-drops-t-mobile-for-att/comment-page-1/#comment-148695 DJ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:58:39 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2008/02/12/starbucks-drops-t-mobile-for-att/#comment-148695 The competition offers wi-fi free of charge. Panera Bread, as well as a multitude of local coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and hotel/motels entice customers with free internet access. It works. I rarely patronize Starbucks because the competition gives me what I want in a coffee shop: a relaxed atmosphere and free browsing. Pay for internet? Not when the guy across the street offers it for free! (Ironically, that's exactly what happens sometimes: in Westchester, CA, the two options are so close that on a good day you can get Panera's wi-fi in Starbucks and vice versa.) The competition offers wi-fi free of charge. Panera Bread, as well as a multitude of local coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and hotel/motels entice customers with free internet access.

It works. I rarely patronize Starbucks because the competition gives me what I want in a coffee shop: a relaxed atmosphere and free browsing. Pay for internet? Not when the guy across the street offers it for free! (Ironically, that’s exactly what happens sometimes: in Westchester, CA, the two options are so close that on a good day you can get Panera’s wi-fi in Starbucks and vice versa.)

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