> Some Starbucks don't have WiFi. I recently drove from L.A. to Maine and back, and I > think it > was Indiana where the Starbucks didn't have WiFi. Other states or cities probably > don't have it > either; since it was unusable to me I didn't conduct a survey of each state. My WiFi > provider > was Boingo, which I've since dropped.
tmobile and starbucks lists all the available hotspots on their webpages. i'd been converting their database to something usable by regular travel mapping software. > I never go to Starbucks myself, but I've read at least one report that they have a > 'get your > coffee and get out' mentality. i work in starbucks locations all the time, i've spent all day in there at different starbucks, they even give you free drinks every few hours, and most i've been to have outlets for use by laptops etc, a lot of the starbucks by universities and colleges have people in their all day. i can vnc, ftp, http, etc with no limits, they do block gnutella and its ilk i am fairly sure but this seems like a good thing. in the 7 or so years i've been using starbucks pretty much daily, i've never encountered a get your cofffe and go attitude, they provide comfortable seating, low level music and newspapers etc, its always been a great place for me to go and work . the only disappointment ive had so far, is currently i am bouning about europe and although i have a tmobile monthly account, you need a different one for each of the counties i've been to so far. regards, charlie
