Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi at All U.S. Stores

MacRumors

MacRumors

macrumors bot
Original poster
Apr 12, 2001
63,674
31,055



212853-starbucks.jpg
Starbucks announced that they would be activating free Wi-Fi access across all U.S. locations starting on July 1st. The move is seen as a response to increased competition from other chains which already offer free Wi-Fi to their customers.

iPhone customers have already enjoyed free Wi-Fi at Starbucks stores in conjunction with AT&T. While the move negates this advantage for iPhone customers, it opens up more free Wi-Fi hotspots to iPod Touch and iPad owners who were previously excluded from the service.

Article Link: Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi at All U.S. Stores
 
Article Link
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/14/starbucks-to-offer-free-wi-fi-at-all-u-s-stores/
4

4look4rd

macrumors regular
Dec 16, 2009
189
172
My father says that Starbucks tastes exactly like cheap/reheated 5 hours old coffee
 
mattwolfmatt

mattwolfmatt

macrumors 65816
Jun 7, 2008
1,085
197
camomac said:
is this going to make there coffee taste better?
Click to expand...

More importantly, will it make the coffee cheaper? Then again, I always see my $4.50 that I pay for coffee as a per hour rate: about $1.50/hour for my three hours if internet access. Not bad, I guess.
 
Stridder44

Stridder44

macrumors 68040
Mar 24, 2003
3,973
198
California
Thank God, about time!

While their coffee certainly isn't the best (or even great), it's certainly not as bad as some of the elitists in here seem to think.
 
Full of Win

Full of Win

macrumors 68030
Nov 22, 2007
2,615
1
Ask Apple
Just yesterday I was thinking how quaint it was that I had to have a membership to log onto their internet while sipping on my VJCF and looking at MacRumors.com.
 
Spanky Deluxe

Spanky Deluxe

macrumors demi-god
Mar 17, 2005
5,282
1,746
London, UK
This is great news! Hopefully they'll offer the same in the UK and their competitors will follow suit. I'd be far more likely to stay in a café for another drink or two if I can get free wifi there.
 
smileyborg

smileyborg

macrumors 6502
May 12, 2009
267
0
einmusiker said:
I've been usinf wifi for free at starbucks for over a year now. All you had to do was put $5 on a gift card every month. Have they now changed that requirement
?
Click to expand...

Yep, it's unlimited and totally free to everyone now (starting July 1).
 
E

Eddyisgreat

macrumors 601
Oct 24, 2007
4,851
2
einmusiker said:
I've been usinf wifi for free at starbucks for over a year now. All you had to do was put $5 on a gift card every month. Have they now changed that requirement
?
Click to expand...

No but the point is that now it's unlimited i.e. no 2 hour time limit. It's the same treatment that paying sbc/att/tmo customers get, posting up @ 5:00 AM and leaving at 9:00 pm, working on a book or something dumb like that. :cool:
 
R

rutiger

macrumors regular
Oct 10, 2006
220
47
I don't drink coffee, but starbucks are everywhere and free wifi now makes my wifi iPad a little more usable ;)
 
nagromme

nagromme

macrumors G5
May 2, 2002
12,546
1,196
FunFact: the average American household is situated within the 30-foot WiFi range of 2.47 Starbucks stores.

P.S. All coffee is awful. Load it with fat and sugar, though, and I’ll take it!
 
Vertigo50

Vertigo50

macrumors 65816
Apr 11, 2007
1,200
132
I knew they would cave eventually, but they held on a lot longer than I would have thought.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom