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Starbucks Drops T-Mobile For AT&T

Posted by kdawson on from the too-little-too-latte dept.

stoolpigeon writes "Ars reports that Starbucks is replacing T-Mobile with AT&T as their Wi-Fi provider. AT&T broadband customers will be able to access the service for free. Starbucks card users will get 2 hours a day free. 2-hour, daily, and monthly rates will be lower than they were with T-Mobile. Starbucks says that their previously announced deal to tie in with iTunes will continue under AT&T. For now AT&T isn't offering free Wi-Fi to iPhone users, but says it expects to accommodate them soon. Quoting the article: 'The companies didn't specify exactly when the rollout would begin, only saying that it would take place this spring... [The company plans] to install all new equipment at Starbucks as part of this agreement, so the changeover won't be as simple as flipping a switch.'"

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  1. Re:Hooray? by Divebus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course! How else would you order a double shot half-caf skinny almond latte with your iPhone before you get there?

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  2. Cutting out the middleman by 0xdeadbeef · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course the NSA wants to offer WiFi at Starbucks. Dangerous radicals often meet at coffee shops.

  3. Re:'bout bloody time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    nor am I a starbucks wallflower I've got a collection of pressed Starbucks wallflowers preserved in a really big book. They still smell like coffee.
  4. You're missing the real story... by ntimid8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The main reason for the switch is that virtually every executive at their Seattle headquarters wants or already has an iPhone and they want the corporate discount.

  5. Re:wired at public library by JK_the_Slacker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who told you?

    I was young, I was stupid, and I was weak. It won't happen again.

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  6. Re:Hooray? by blackest_k · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish it was that easy here, the only place with free wifi, that'll be mcdonalds.
    I just love the ambiance...

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  7. Re:I visited starbucks by hxnwix · · Score: 2, Funny

    here in Sydney, I cant believe you guys call that crap coffee. Did the coffee swirl backwards?