Associated Press: Starbucks joins the free world.
Of course, Glenn Fleishman at Wi-Fi Networking News has a little to say about it as well.
Fleishman, in fact, follows up with this intriguing post on the potential effects of all this that's also worth a read.
What I find most interesting is his observation that this leaves AT&T with only 1,000 play-for-pay locations as opposed to twenty times that many that are now free and open. One can only wonder how long that situation will prevail.
I'm also eager to see how many local establishments running closed networks will continue to do so in the face of this move by their competition. If neither Starbucks nor McDonald's is worried about "campers," why should they still be afraid?
Look for reviews here soon after the paywall falls on July 1.
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