Free Wifi for AT&T customer

[myphone]

Is it really true that AT&T is installing 10,000 free wifi for its customers in US? WOW, that's going to be great. No more waiting for 3G. And,I heard 3D has a huge chipset and comsuming too much battery juice.

BTW, I heard it from morning news.


Rod

 

[avaloncourt]

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9856701-7.html?tag=newsmap

Free Wi-Fi will be offered only to AT&T broadband subscribers who subscribe to services with 1.5Mbps downloads or higher. Subscribers who only have the company's wireless service will not be offered free Wi-Fi.

This means that users of the iPhone, which has Wi-Fi built in and is exclusively sold in the U.S. for AT&T's network, will only be able to take advantage of the free Wi-Fi offer if they happen to live in a part of the country where AT&T broadband is offered and if they subscribe to that service.

 

[Sweetbike40]

I wish it was to anyone with their service. 🙁
That would make me keep them as my carrier.

 

[nate94gt]

so if you're paying for something and must be subscribed.... where exactly does the free come in 😕

 

[rdowns]

so if you're paying for something and must be subscribed.... where exactly does the free come in 😕

They're paying for ATT broadband access at home and now will get Wifi access outside the home as part of that package. Seems to me a new service offered at no additional charge is free. 😕

 

[nate94gt]

They're paying for ATT broadband access at home and now will get Wifi access outside the home as part of that package. Seems to me a new service offered at no additional charge is free. 😕

who said its free... its padded into the bill.

 

[iSamurai]

3d? 3g 🙂

 

[hotsauce]

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They're paying for ATT broadband access at home and now will get Wifi access outside the home as part of that package. Seems to me a new service offered at no additional charge is free. 😕

who said its free... its padded into the bill.

We know there's no such thing as free lunch. But you get the point.

 

[Rojo]

Man - I wish their hotspots weren't mainly McDonalds. I haven't entered a McDonalds in 7 years.

If they had hotspots in places like Starbucks (damn T-Mobile!) then I would toally switch my broadband service to AT&T in a heartbeat. But right now they're not in enough places to get me to switch.

 

[myphone]

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9856701-7.html?tag=newsmap

I was half awake when I heard the news. Thank you for your post/link.

It should be free for all iPhone user because of its slow Edge wireless.

For me, it's free because I'm a AT&T broadband subscriber🙂

 

[myphone]

3d? 3g 🙂

Thank you for your correction.

English is not my first language.

 

[elmo151]

AT&T has more than 10,000 Wi-Fi hot spots in the U.S. in places like airports, McDonald's restaurants, Barnes & Noble bookstores, coffee shops, and sporting venues.

not places most adults frequent very often.



a great many places have free wifi. I was in a new york city court last week and free wifi was available. same at several local hospitals.

Free Wi-Fi will be offered only to AT&T broadband subscribers

I use att for the iphone but not broadband. not many people do!

 

[avaloncourt]

I was half awake when I heard the news. Thank you for your post/link.

It should be free for all iPhone user because of its slow Edge wireless.

For me, it's free because I'm a AT&T broadband subscriber🙂

No problem. I just figured it was bad TV new reporting as usual.