Coffees and iPhones and Laptops (and Starbucks and tracking your usage and …) oh my!
It sounds perfect
at first glance - imbibe your coffee creation at Starbucks, hook into their free Wi-Fi, power up your laptop, sync up your iPhone, and enjoy 2 free hours of simultaneous portable device usage (ie, working when really, you should be relaxing).
But is that really all? To wit:
…you’ll be able to use two different Wi-Fi-enabled devices simultaneously during a single two-hour session at Starbucks.
The bright side is that while you are syncing your schedule and e-mail on your iPhone (AT&T, which will provide the Wi-Fi, is the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S.), you can also surf the Web or compose an e-mail on your laptop at the same time.
The down side is that once you log-in to your free AT&T Wi-Fi account with one device, the clock starts ticking…and doesn’t stop even if you logout one or both devices/computers. Two consecutive hours per day, that’s it….MORE…
How will StarBucks keep track of your usage, I wonder?
If you plan on using the service, you should ensure your WiFi connection is secure, of course. Here are some resources for that:
ThankYouVeryMuch!
Owlbert
ps - if you’d like some useful Wifi goodies, consider:
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