nytimes.com — Today, hotspots are the new cold spots. WI-FI service is quickly becoming the air-conditioning of the Internet age, enticing customers into restaurants and other public spaces in the same way that cold “advertising air” deliberately blasted out the open doors of air-conditioned theaters in the early 20th century to help sell tickets.
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garageillusionMar 4, 2007
reparations?
secleinteerMar 4, 2007
The link's safe, for those of you that have tinyurl-goatse paranoia ;)
waterdragonMar 4, 2007
In New York City wed are charged for decent water that doesn't smell and taste like chlorine bleach. we have to buy it in bottles. The crap that comes out of the taps in Manhattan, currently, is quite disgusting. (But i am starting to 'take' free wifi, to offset the ongoing cost of drinking water.)
skeuomorphMar 5, 2007
@strabes: "I don't even buy the coffee."Way to support the local mom and pop.
verto351Mar 5, 2007
I'm sure they provide free WiFi for all the people who don't buy their coffee.
Closed AccountMar 5, 2007
Wow strabes, really moving story of how you leech off of a mom and pop business for free wifi.
burkeMar 5, 2007
Considering a large (Venti) coffee couldn't conceivably cost them more than $0.08 in beans, I think they're making a pretty good profit, selling it for damn near $3.00.
rajulkabirMar 5, 2007
New York City tap water is among the world's best. Bottled water consistently tests as having more biological and chemical contaminants.
Closed AccountMar 5, 2007
Soon wireless broadband will become more affordable and wi-fi hotspots will be rendered pointless.I use Sprint EVDO service on my laptop and share it via my internal wireless connection.. I *am* a hot spot.