Feb
11
Starbucks will offer free AT&T Wi-Fi starting Spring ‘08
Filed Under Technology, Time Management, Travel
If you are looking for free wi-fi when you are away from the office, you will be glad to know Starbucks will offer free AT&T Wi-Fi starting Spring ‘08.
According to the Associated Press story Starbucks Switches to Free AT&T Wi-Fi…
“Starbucks Corp. and AT&T Inc. will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of the international coffee retailer’s U.S. shops, beginning this spring.
The move announced Monday ends a six-year partnership T-Mobile, which did not include free Wi-Fi and charged higher fees than AT&T will.
Starbucks said it will give customers who use a Starbucks card two hours of free wireless access per day. More time than that will cost $3.99 for a two-hour session. Monthly memberships will cost $19.99 and include access to any of AT&T’s 70,000 hot spots worldwide.
Nearly all of AT&T’s broadband Internet customers, about 12 million, will automatically have unlimited free Wi-Fi access at Starbucks, the companies said.
The deal boosts the number of AT&T hotspots in the U.S. to 17,000 - the most in the nation.”
