Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced free WiFi yesterday at Wired’s Business Conference.
Obviously, this is good news for Web-browsing-coffee-slurpers everywhere, and is another validation for Starbucks as a third place between work and home. It is also a win for AT&T against cable operators Comcast, Comvision, and Time Warner, who were planning on offering free WiFi hotspots in the NYC metropolitan area. AT&T provides WiFi for Starbucks.
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