Starbucks Following Me

… to AT&T that is. One of the big reasons I stuck with T-Mobile for so long (until last month) was the discounted pricing on the T-Mobile Hotspots, when combined with an unlimited data plan.

Well, it looks like Starbucks couldn’t live without me, because now they’re switching to AT&T too. This is pretty big news, since I’m pretty sure Starbucks has the largest network of retail locations offering wifi. It’s great being able to get internet access virtually anywhere you might go, usually fairly conveniently.

The pricing model is surprisingly better than T-Mobile’s was too; it looks like there are several avenues for getting free service in some cases, and more to be revealed regarding pricing for AT&T wireless customers. I say this is surprising since AT&T wireless’ data plans are quite a bit more expensive (and restrictive) than T-mobile’s are.

Anyway, it will be interesting to watch this unfold as they roll it out.

5 Comments

  1. nstryker
    Posted February 17, 2008 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

    i noticed today that coffee bean is at&t as well.

  2. Dave Z
    Posted February 21, 2008 at 4:55 pm | Permalink

    Do you do work at Starbucks? If you can you must be able to focus pretty well.

  3. Posted February 21, 2008 at 11:28 pm | Permalink

    I do every now and then, but I don’t find it distracting at all.

  4. martha
    Posted February 22, 2008 at 5:49 am | Permalink

    Jared is well trained in tuning out extraneous noise. :) Not me, of course.

  5. Dave Z
    Posted February 26, 2008 at 2:52 pm | Permalink

    ha ha,

    Starbucks is too much for me to work at- customers, music, the conversations.

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