Comments on: Reader Question: Are There Caps on Boingo Wireless Wi-Fi Usage?

By: thalia

thalia — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:58:54 +0000

sounds all cool

By: Sumocat

Sumocat — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:18:29 +0000

Oliver, that is a brilliant hack. X Starbucks drinks a month / X pre-pard cards = 2X hours of wifi a day. Two drinks a month should cover anyone other than those guys who make Starbucks their office.

By: Alex Whiteside

Alex Whiteside — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:51:32 +0000

Since when were “minutes” the “traditional European business model”? Everyone over here charges by bandwidth on 3G plans. The only place you’ll get charged by the minute is at wi-fi hotspots, even then, unlimited day-, week-, or month-long passes seem to have become the norm.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:23:22 +0000

You just need to buy 6 drinks at SBux each month to get 12 hrs of free WiFi per day. I have two accounts (one technically my wife’s) and virtually never need the second one.

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:19:25 +0000

Seems like you had a Dash just yesterday… :)

I should also mention I have a Starbucks Gold (black) card which gets me that WiFi. Though the benefit seems the same as the regular debit card – 2hrs/day, purchases every 30 days. Maybe I should resell some of my wireless access.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:59:57 +0000

Definitely a great deal but I dropped my T-Mobile account almost 2 years ago. :(

By: DaveZatz

DaveZatz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:49:36 +0000

You still have any phones on T-Mobile? $10 gets you unlimited HotSpot (Starbucks, many airports, etc) PLUS unlimited WiFi domestic calling (if you have a UMA phone like Melissa’s Blackberry Curve 2). Great deal! Although, I still need my Sprint 3G card. I have it on the friends & family plan, so it’s $50/mo instead of $60. It’s a lot, but well worth it to me.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:11:08 +0000

Who says you can have only one card? ;)

Besides, it’s been a while since I spent more than two hours at Starbucks. Mostly I go to some local independent coffee shops anyway (that all offer free WiFi), but even then two hours is pretty much my limit. And you won’t find me in a McDonalds (how do you get the grease off your screen afterwards?).

All that said, I don’t disagree that $9.95 is a great price for those who need it. I wish their international plan was more affordable, though. And what does the “traditional European business model” have to do with a *Global* plan? Is Boingo now a European company? 2000 minutes sounds generous until you do the math and find it’s only 33 hrs… So you’d better be careful not to fall asleep while connected in your hotel…

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:51:03 +0000

Looks like you’re good to go with that PogoPlug. ;) No need to thank me: we love sharing sites that we think the community will enjoy and benefit from.

By: Luscious

Luscious — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:46:13 +0000

Great! That means I can use a 1TB drive hooked up to my pogoplug and backup my files while I’m out in the field. It’s good to not have to worry about hitting any cap when doing a 100MB+ software update either.

Thanks for the plug Kevin!!! Next time you’re in LA hit me up. I’m buying you lunch.