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iPhone Free WiFi Is Back

Posted by samzenpus on from the everyone-loves-free-stuff dept.

scorp1us writes "iPhone users used to be able to get free Wifi from AT&T hot spots, including Starbucks locations. The service was pulled because of the browser-agent hack. Now the service is being re-launched, this time with a link sent via SMS to the iPhone for the hotspot, valid for 24 hours."

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  1. And... by mewshi_nya · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who the hell cares? Free wifi. I can get that pretty much anywhere.

    What, is this like "Oh, it has the word "iPhone" in it, so we HAVE to put it up front!" ?

  2. Hack?! Ha. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hack? I hardly call changing your User Agent a hack.

    This should read:

    "The service was pulled because of poorly implemented security."

  3. Iphone Free Wifi? by Zibri · · Score: 2, Insightful

    One could easily read that as "wifi free from iphone". A part of me died when i read the summary.

  4. Re:No Fair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What about it? The iPhone gets free wifi because they're paying through the nose to AT&T for cellular service. Why would the iPod Touch get something from AT&T? Because Apple's 'cool'?

  5. what about the regular data plan users who pay $60 by gr8gatzby · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I pay $60/mo for unlimited data via my USB card, which is 300% more per month than the iPhone user who pays $20/mo. Is it unfair to expect the same(if not 300% better) treatment from AT&T? Where's my free wifi? Is it really too much to ask?

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  6. Re:how to get it iphone free? by jrockway · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are going to Starbucks to drink coffee, right? If you pay for the coffee with a gift card, you get the Wifi for free. Since you were there to buy coffee, and you didn't pay any additional money to get the Wifi, that sounds like it's free to me.

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  7. Re:News Flash by NateTech · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not to mention the food is a hell of a lot better at both, and so is the amount of space, the furniture, hell... everything.

    The only thing Starbucks has going for it now is that it overbuilt stores, and is bloody everywhere. The coffee and "ambiance" aren't going to hold up in this market... and many will close.

    Hell, if they're in your area, most Caribou Coffee shops are way nicer to hang out in than Starbucks.

    They were the trendsetter, the also-rans now have studied them and are coming to kick their ass.

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