Originally Posted by nmenaker

I figured this was big enough to warrant its own thread.

the 411. Starbucks will give two free hours of in store AT&T wifi with starbucks card purchase.

AT&T DSL users will get free wifi in stores.
Roll out in the spring
7,000 Starbucks in the USA will be covered.
Maybe my letters to the COO of Starbucks struck a nerve, I promise to stop now!

Starbucks is teaming up with AT&T and will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in more than 7,000 of its U.S. coffee shops beginning this spring.

The world's largest specialty coffee retailer's move ends a six-year partnership T-Mobile.

Starbucks said Monday it will give customers that use its Starbucks purchase card two hours of free wireless access per day. After that, it will cost $3.99 for a two-hour session. Monthly memberships will cost $19.99 and include access to any of AT&T's 70,000 hot spots worldwide.

People who already use AT&T as their Internet service provider will have unlimited Wi-Fi access at Starbucks.