Blogging from Starbucks
I am posting from Starbucks for the first time. If you didn’t see it on the news this morning, Starbucks is finally reversing their trend on requiring their customers [who are already paying a premium on their coffee] to also pay for wi-fi service. As of today, if you have a Starbucks card that is registered with their rewards program and has been used in the past 30 days, you get two hours a day of complimentary wi-fi service. I’m really excited about the change because I can be connected in one of my favorite places to sit for a while to read and do sermon prep.
While I’ve been critical of Starbucks for their policy on wifi in the past, I think this is a fairly good compromise. We have another coffee shop here in Mansfield that has become the full-time offsite workplace for many people in our community and you run the risk of paying the overhead for someone else if you offer totally unrestricted wifi.
For me, an hour or so on a particular day will be more than enough to recharge over a cup of coffee.
i’m not sure i see the harm in totally unrestricted wi-fi.
and it’s still contingent upon you purchasing something to get the password.
i just think that offering 2 hours (WOW!) of internet for a cup of coffee from a café GIANT is absurd.
sure most people don’t use more than that, but there is something to be said about providing a “meeting friendly” environment (though i understand that most starbucks stores aren’t large enough to keep a substantial number of patrons for an extended period of time).
oops…i forgot.
congrats though for being able to “post on the road” with you new friend angela.