Starbucks Drops T-Mobile For AT&T

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.'"

Re:Hooray?

[Divebus]

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

Cutting out the middleman

[0xdeadbeef]

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

Re:'bout bloody time

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

You're missing the real story...

[ntimid8]

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.

Re:wired at public library

[JK_the_Slacker]

Who told you?

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

Re:Hooray?

[blackest_k]

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

Re:I visited starbucks

[hxnwix]

here in Sydney, I cant believe you guys call that crap coffee.

Did the coffee swirl backwards?