Comments on: Palo Alto, where broadband is cheaper than coffee http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Om Malik’s Blog » Blog Archive » Cutting the Cord With WiFi http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110976 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:13:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110976 [...] Also according to the survey, 74 percent of Wi-Fi say they can now work from places other that home office or office. Like local Starbucks? Or Coupa Cafe? Funniest part of the survey: 46% say that Wi-Fi allows them to dedicate more time to marriage or personal relationships. We work too much …. don’t we? [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110975 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 18:07:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110975 i agree… especially on a day like today when its pouring in san francisco, well you know….

]]> By: C. Enrique Ortiz http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110974 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 17:59:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110974 75 degree weather & sunny skies… love it.

75 degree weather & sunny skies + Free WiFi & Caramel Macchiatos… man, now we are talking…

:-)

]]> By: prasad http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110973 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:59:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110973 don’t forget Panera has Free WiFi access at certain locations: I am in the east coast – so we don’t get coupa…

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110972 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 03:34:54 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110972 yup, i could not agree more. coffee subsidized access model is brilliant. one cannot go wrong with it

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110971 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 22:31:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110971 Om, your story just reinforces a point that Paul Boutin made in a Wired story a couple of years ago, which is here, and that is that Wi-Fi is a condiment — in other words, smart retailers of coffee (and lots of other things) should offer it the same way they offer free sugar and cream.

]]> By: Victor http://gigaom.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110970 Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:58:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/11/24/palo-alto-where-broadband-is-cheaper-than-coffee/#comment-110970 Have you seen this tool:
http://www.makayama.com/easywifiradar.html
It connects you to the strongest free access point with one click. I love it. Never pay for WiFi again.

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