Comments on: Starbucks to give away free Wi-Fi tomorrow http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/02/starbucks-to-give-away-free-wi-fi-tomorrow/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:02:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/02/starbucks-to-give-away-free-wi-fi-tomorrow/#comment-720095 Nicholas Deleon Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:16:21 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27286#comment-720095 Back in my school days, I preferred Mud Coffee (http://www.themudtruck.com/) to Starbucks, even though Starbucks was free with a meal plan. (Each meal plan came with a certain amount of campus dollars that could be spent on on-campus junk, and Starbucks was always packed.) And yeah, now that you mention it, every indie coffee place I've been to in the past few years had free Wi-Fi; what took Starbucks so long? -na Back in my school days, I preferred Mud Coffee (http://www.themudtruck.com/) to Starbucks, even though Starbucks was free with a meal plan. (Each meal plan came with a certain amount of campus dollars that could be spent on on-campus junk, and Starbucks was always packed.) And yeah, now that you mention it, every indie coffee place I’ve been to in the past few years had free Wi-Fi; what took Starbucks so long?

-na

]]> By: Randy http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/02/starbucks-to-give-away-free-wi-fi-tomorrow/#comment-719835 Randy Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:10:51 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27286#comment-719835 This is really weak on the part of Starbucks. The little indie coffee shop that is about 1/4 of a mile further up the road than Starbucks has better coffee, always free Wi-Fi and prices that are about 1/2 of Starbucks. There are always VERY short lines at Starbucks but you are lucky if you walk in the indie shop and there are only 4 or 5 in line ahead of you. Starbucks time has passed. They will always have their die hard fans, but their monster growth is over and it isn't coming back. The guy that owns that indie shop is opening 3 more stores this year. According to him 2 of them will be within spitting distance of a Starbucks and the third is within 1/2 mile of another. This is really weak on the part of Starbucks. The little indie coffee shop that is about 1/4 of a mile further up the road than Starbucks has better coffee, always free Wi-Fi and prices that are about 1/2 of Starbucks.

There are always VERY short lines at Starbucks but you are lucky if you walk in the indie shop and there are only 4 or 5 in line ahead of you. Starbucks time has passed. They will always have their die hard fans, but their monster growth is over and it isn’t coming back.

The guy that owns that indie shop is opening 3 more stores this year. According to him 2 of them will be within spitting distance of a Starbucks and the third is within 1/2 mile of another.

]]> By: Thomas Murphy http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/02/starbucks-to-give-away-free-wi-fi-tomorrow/#comment-719819 Thomas Murphy Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:56:56 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=27286#comment-719819 I guess they will say goodbye to some customers too. I guess they will say goodbye to some customers too.

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