Free Broadband Wireless Access Rules
December 12th, 2007 by Kevin
It was bound to happen. I knew it was only a matter of time and today was the day. I’m talking about sitting in a Starbucks prepared to pay my $9.95 ransom charge to hop on their access point so that I could do some email w file attachments no doubt in the midst of a several hundred mile trek through Texas. Almost the moment I turned on my laptop I was connected to (linksys) - Excellent (connection quality that is). Naturally intrigued, I searched for all available wireless network access points and sure enough the friendly t-mobile service was there and waiting.
So, I feel pretty confident in saying that the days of paying for broadband access are numbered. How much longer can Starbucks take the hit for charging due to some ancient contract they did w T-Mobile so many eons ago (in Internet years anyway)?
I could go on about how this impacts medical data and patient care… yada yada… but I think sharing my newfound ‘freedom of information access’ experience today of free Wi-Fi in a normally hostile environment is plenty all by itself!
And if my experience isn’t enough for you, link to the rest of the story to learn about Starbucks partnership w Apple and their iTunes service which, you guessed it, doesn’t require you to pay for access via T-Mobile.
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December 16th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Found your site as a pingback from mine. Thanks for mentioning my site in your blog.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:38 am
I always like to refer and give credit to source materials so no problem and Thank You! People who don’t refer need to stay after school and learn about netiquette.