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AT&T Says Free Wi-Fi for iPhones Will Come... Someday

All AT&T's flip-flopping between offering free wireless at Starbucks and then taking it away—turns out it was some peon screwing up after all. An spokesperson for the company told the New York Times that the confusion was due to a "human error." But the day when iPhone users can definitively access the internet while sipping on frappuccinos will come, the PR flack assures, AT&T is just refusing to say when. Oh, come off it, AT&T. The cat's out of the bag already, you might as well roll out the service now. I'm sure there will be plenty of secrets you can accidentally release before deadline in the future. [New York Times]

9:45 AM on Sat May 10 2008
By Elaine Chow
3,148 views, 16 comments

Latest by michaelportent: @OMG! Ponies!: That is a golden comment OMG!, just golden. Anyway, I was a tad disappointed with AT&T too. I bought an iPod Touch for the specific purpose of reaping the benefits of every cool web app for the iPhone without more »

AT&T is adding 9,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around Europe, a roughly 30% increase. [prnewswire]

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WiFi Liberator Ends Tyranny of Pay-Per-Use Wireless

Nothing is more annoying than plopping down in a coffee shop with your laptop and trying to connect to the WiFi only to be told that you need to pay some ridiculous amount like $9.99 to use it for 24 hours. I'm buying your overpriced coffee, the least you could do is let me use your WiFi without gouging me for a quarter of what I pay per month at home. More »

9:00 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007
By Adam Frucci
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