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AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

nintendude — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:30:17 EDT

I should check if I really do need that iPhone number. If so, it's times like this when my envy for a friend's iPhone comes in handy.

nintendude

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

kl0an — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:22:53 EDT

Straight from the Starbucks Website:

Travel the Internet anytime, anywhere from the comfort of your favorite cozy chair. Together AT&T and Starbucks will offer reliable, secure, high speed wireless Internet service to more than 7,000 Starbucks locations throughout the U.S.-using any 802.11x enabled device.

The AT&T Wi-Fi rollout will begin in Spring 2008, and is expected to be complete by the end of 2008.

kl0an

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

ShabnumNugglet — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:22:18 EDT

Comment on AT Straight from the Starbucks Website: Travel the Internet anytime, anywhere from the comfort of your favorite cozy chair. Together AT&T and Starbucks will offer reliable, secure, high speed wireless Internet service to more than 7,000 Starbucks locations throughout the U.S.-using any 802.11x enabled device. The AT&T Wi-Fi rollout will begin in Spring 2008, and is expected to be complete by the end of 2008.

ShabnumNugglet

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

alienvenom — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:51:19 EDT

@TedB.:

Oh, so wrong... :)

[lifehacker.com]

alienvenom

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Nchall — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:36:44 EDT

Works on a hacked iPhone as well. Writing this from a Barnes and Noble on one. Just put in any number.

Nchall

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

estephanovich — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:19:30 EDT

Yeah, I actually noticed this yesterday at a Starbucks In Brentwood California, (Norther CA 1 hour east of San Fran, not O.J. Brentwood), this is true

estephanovich

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

O3DigitalBath — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:57:35 EDT

this worked for me 3 days ago! w00t w00t

O3DigitalBath

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

uberfu — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:38:19 EDT

then again this could be a hacking network setup to grab phone numbers and subsequently giving access to users iPhones for a later break in_

uberfu

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

vote Obama — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:31:02 EDT

here is my persoanl tel. number.

Bill me in a couple of months.

Thanks.

vote Obama

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

sammy baby — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:44:16 EDT

Um... guys, AT&T and Starbucks are giving free wifi to everyone, not just iPhone users.

Starbucks site

sammy baby

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

bms — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:09:50 EDT

Nothing is free.

bms

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Joseph — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:51:40 EDT

@daftrok: Cuz they chose the wrong phone! Nah yeah that's true, I guess they figure that since most 75%+ of browsers are from Safari, no one would care, but they still forget about e-mails and the tiny percentage that are on opera/ie.

Joseph

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Macerton08 — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:50:57 EDT

I was at a Starbucks in San Dimas California on Saturday the 26th and tried to use their hotspot. Expecting to pay t-mobile's crazy rate for wifi, I was surprised to see the ATT&T sign in screen. After typing in my number and failing to connect a couple of times it finally worked. Speed was great...and it was free.

Macerton08

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

BritJaloo — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:39:18 EDT

Comment on AT This worked for me today in the Seattle-Tacoma airport.

BritJaloo

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Norcross — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:08:28 EDT

Fuckin' A. I have a T-Mobile data plan for my Dash, so I get the HotSpot for free. Granted, I can just use the internet on the laptop via teathering, but still. Fuck them.

Norcross

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

camo_r — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:33:44 EDT

went to a starbucks in oakland, CA on tuesday, went online using my at&t dsl account username and password.
Or maybe i logged into the at&t store next door, hmmm

camo_r

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

lilbyrdie — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:26:30 EDT

I got this very screen at a Starbucks in Los Gatos, CA today. Very quickly I was browsing at about 1.5 Mbps -- totally for free. It was faster than the 1 Mbps free Google WiFi I got in Mountain View earlier in the day.

Nice.

lilbyrdie

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

zeezrom82 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:43:49 EDT

I'm actually getting free wifi via AT&T at mcdonalds on my iPhone.

zeezrom82

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

keehun — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:27:17 EDT

@alienvenom: I think AT&T is smarter than to only check for Agent strings. I'm sure since 'legal' non-unlocked iPhones will have a number with AT&T, they will probably check the IP of the iPhone with AT&T backends and somehow make that connection. However, it would be awesome if it was just Agent strings as you could technically take any computer and use the free Wifi.

keehun

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

ikstar — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:19:41 EDT

I got this screen today near an ATT store in Encinitas, CA. I'm also a ATT phone/net subscriber and have been using the free ATT wifi using my email address logon for a while now. The new phone number logon method is MUCH easier.

Nice.

ikstar

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Y2KGTP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:50:51 EDT

So, can I just drop a known iPhone user's number in then?

Y2KGTP

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

vagabondblue — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:50:40 EDT

I tread this giz article at starbucks over edge, so I imediately tried it and can say it is true. All I needed was my AT&T phone number.

vagabondblue

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Y2KGTP — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:46:19 EDT

where was this 3 days ago when I was there with my Touch?

Y2KGTP

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

LeopoldKhavaran — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:39:31 EDT

Comment on AT The news part here is the roll out, not the 2 hours part. Read the bit below posted on Gizmodo over 2 months ago. http://gizmodo.com/354961/att-bringing-free-wi+fi-to-starbucks-finally "Beginning this spring, Starbucks Card holders can enjoy up to two hours of free Wi-Fi service per day at Starbucks locations offering Wi-Fi access, while more than 12 million qualifying AT&T broadband and AT&T U-verseSM Internet customers will have unlimited free access to the Wi-Fi service. In addition, more than 5 million of AT&T's remote access services business customers will be able to access Wi-Fi service at Starbucks locations. AT&T will soon extend the benefits of Wi-Fi at Starbucks to its wireless customers."

LeopoldKhavaran

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

joefuu — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:39:12 EDT

I experienced this myself yesterday at a Starbucks in Lake Steven's Washington. Pretty unexpected but very very welcome.

joefuu

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Totorototoro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:36:00 EDT

"Why would you alienate all of your other AT&T customers?"

They are also giving ATT broadband customers free wifi. So its not *ALL* of them :p

I'm definitely giving this a try tomorrow. (And for the poster above, Pikes Market is the one coffee they serve that isn't over-roasted :p )

Totorototoro

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

ab3 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:19:40 EDT

I wonder if this will work with my Touch and my AT&T cell number (I have a plain, old RAZR)...

ab3

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

TedB. — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:40:48 EDT

@alienvenom: I doubt that will work, but there is no harm in trying. I am pretty sure the reason behind entering your phone number is to check to see if you are paying for an iPhone data plan from AT&T. If they did not then any hacked iPhone or prepaid SIM iPhone could hop on for free.

Then again, if you know a friend with an iPhone that is on AT&T and know their phone number, then you could get right around that...

TedB.

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Tek Elements — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:38:00 EDT

It worked for me on my iPhone earlier today in San Carlos, CA. The coffee still wasn't as good as Peet's though.

Tek Elements

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

rodfury — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:36:17 EDT

Does anyone know if this works for those of us who have unlimited wireless internet with ATT but do not have an iPhone?

rodfury

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Carbonfly — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:21:42 EDT

I was just at a barnes and noble today in Columbia, SC. I got the same screen when I tried to connect to ATT's wifi. Entered my number and was online in seconds.

Great job AT&T!

Carbonfly

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

drewheyman — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:20:47 EDT

i'm not sure who you talked to that didn't comment, but they offer it to iphone and LaptopConnect customers.

drewheyman

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Noobs-R-Us — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:20:13 EDT

This should also work for the Touch then?

Noobs-R-Us

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

jperry2010 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:16:10 EDT

@Randile:
Okay...seriously...I am sick of hearing this all the time.

First of all...Starbucks coffee does not taste like crap, and second of all, it doesn't cost $5 if you don't buy a huge ass coffee, that in all honestly isn't much of a coffee anyway, but rather is a candy bar in a freaking cup.

I go to Starbucks all the time, and when I am just ordering for myself, I have never spent $5...

jperry2010

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Randile — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:06:11 EDT

File this under who cares anyways, most independent coffee places (at least around here) have free wifi already. Plus the coffee doesn't taste like shit and cost $5.

Randile

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

odnet — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:05:37 EDT

it worked for me at a starbucks in LA, just a little while ago.

odnet

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Randile — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:04:01 EDT

@ab3:

What's in it for ATT to give iTouch people anything? you aren't giving them $60 or more a month.

Even if this is true I bet it won't be permanent. Unless it's just a ploy to get folks how are willing to overpay for gadgets into a place where they have the opportunity to overpay for coffee.

Randile

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

diacronic — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:49:20 EDT

so you could change your firefox on your laptop to look like the iphone browser.

diacronic

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Derek Devine — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:35:40 EDT

After spending $5 on Starbucks!

That's the best they can do, which is to offer free Wi-Fi.

Derek Devine

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

ab3 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:35:22 EDT

Where's the iPod Touch lovin??

ab3

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

crackalacker — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:34:36 EDT

It makes perfect sense, the iPhone has unlimited data, they should want us to use their wifi to save network bandwidth.

crackalacker

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

yoshi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:31:26 EDT

I could see AT&T being an extra special partner with Apple. :)

Apple has to make that 10 million iPhone goal, right?

They don't want Apple to leave, right?

yoshi

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

daftrok — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:30:08 EDT

Why would you alienate all of your other AT&T customers?

daftrok

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

thegcore — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:28:35 EDT

well as a sbux employee, i can tell you some things perhaps. the starbucks card that you can load up with moneys will become a lot more helpful. when you purchase a drink with the card in a store, you will get 2 hours free wifi. we havent been told when this will be enacted. also, im in the uk, so dont know how the usa will deviate from the workings over here.

thegcore

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

alienvenom — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:27:42 EDT

And in other news, everyone using Windows Mobile and Symbian change their browser's user agent to:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/1A543a Safari/419.3

alienvenom

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

malvones — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:23:43 EDT

free wi-fi would go nicely with a fresh cup of their recession-priced Pike Place (over)Roast(ed)

malvones

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

SonOfMagicFact — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:15:10 EDT

@Kaiser-Machead: BTW, just read you comment. Very funny.

SonOfMagicFact

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

SonOfMagicFact — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:14:20 EDT

Oh, please, please, please let this be true!

SonOfMagicFact

AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:12:34 EDT

I call shenanigans. AT&T wouldn't do this just for the iPhone. It's worthless. Apple doesn't know what they're doing. They'll be bankrupt in a year.

~ ILikeMacsWhatAboutit.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!