Posts categorized under ‘WiFi’

Starbucks Free Wifi Starting July 1st, US and Canada only

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My Thoughts I’m not sure this will really boost top line sales. What I think will happen is an increase in “Musical Chairs” Game for a seat to plop down and connect to the WiFi signal. For those Starbucks with [...]

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The Goodies from UTR Mobility

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A few goodies from the UTR Mobility Event. Another book to add to my reading list. Brother sponsored the book. The current copy of Fast Company. Also one of the sponsors for the event. And finally, FREE Guest WiFi from [...]

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It Was AT&T, With An Outage, For A Week

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The picture above just about sums up the past week from last Thursday until today. What happened? My aircard stopped working. My Apple iPhone stopped working. I was traveling from San Francisco to New York for my conference session at [...]

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T-Mobile Nokia 6301 Unboxed

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While this is not one of the hyped devices that have been highly anticipated, the device is significant because it has WiFi to support upcoming T-Mobile at Home service, launching July 2nd. It’s your basic Nokia phone that has a [...]

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Starbucks Wi-Fi service with T-Mobile to AT&T transition

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While I was in Barcelona attending Mobile World Congress, Starbucks launched big news about how it was dropping T-Mobile’s HotSpot service and selecting AT&T to provide WiFi service. As a HotSpot subscriber, I was a bit worried since it was [...]

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