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T-Mobile Offers Relief for Hurricane Victims

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-samaritan-or-just-good-publicity dept.

lilrowdy18 writes "Eweek reports that T-Mobile is offering free Wi-Fi to areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. This relief will be free until Sept 2 and an evaluation will be done to see if it will continue after that. The hot spots are only available to residents of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and does not include phone service. The article also includes a link to a map of T-Mobile hotspots. At least we can use some form of communication to get in touch with loved ones."

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  1. Woo Hoo! by maccroz · · Score: 5, Funny

    We may not have a house, a vehicle, or any earthly posessions for that matter, but at least we have free WiFi with our frappuccino!

    1. Re:Woo Hoo! by terpri · · Score: 1, Funny

      Frappucino? Wouldn't a nice double tall looté go much better with the free Wifi? (-:

  2. In related news... by scovetta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Krispy Kreme is offering residents whose homes were destroyed a chance to win a free dozen donuts.

    Similarly, Pizza Hut is offering a Buy-1-Get-1-Free offer for anyone who lives in New Orleans (good until tomorrow morning).

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    Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. --Nietzsche
  3. Re:Where's Apple.com and Amazon.com? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks for the informative and insightful post.

    But, "[Apple.com and Amazon.com] have a real opportunity to stem the relief effort tide now rather than later.

    If they don't stop the relief efforts now, no one will!

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    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  4. Taco Bell Promotion by Skeezix · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, Taco Bell has announced that if the water level in New Orleans reaches a certain mark on their Taco Bell FloodMeter(tm), everyone in America wins a free taco.

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    Celebrate the finer things in life
  5. Re:Useful corporate donations pouring in... by That's+Unpossible! · · Score: 2, Funny

    Say what you like about their "beer", Anheuser-Busch has a long history of switching their closest functional production line to canning water, and delivering it *right now*.

    Are you sure they really switched anything in their production line?

    [Tastes budweiser.]

    [Tastes bottled water.]

    Hmmm...

    (JUST KIDDING!!!!)

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    Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
  6. Re:Location list and personal note... by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who needs a free hotspot when we can go "war boating"
    What I don't understand is why we aren't mobilizing Guard units from other states, for example, Ohio. I would love to go and help out. (One can't always leave work to go help the Red Cross, but when the Guard calls, you pretty much have to answer the pager, employer be damned....)
    Sort of makes one want a freeplay radio... at least to listen to what is going on. (ccradio.com)
    And I do feel for all the suffering, but although there were quite a few people who couldn't get out, a lot of people stayed willingly after the call to evacuate...

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    And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By
  7. Re:Only 3 days?? by vought · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, asshole, since you asked, I've given as much as I can afford to the Red Cross, and my mom and dad, both Baton Rouge residents (I lived in NEw Orleans for several years and I'm from Lousiana) are participating in the rescue effort.

    Sorry I can't make it, as I live here in California, but T-Mobile's "gesture" is more for the benefit of of their own PR than for any storm victims.