iPhone Free WiFi Is Back 77
scorp1us writes "iPhone users used to be able to get free Wifi from AT&T hot spots, including Starbucks locations. The service was pulled because of the browser-agent hack. Now the service is being re-launched, this time with a link sent via SMS to the iPhone for the hotspot, valid for 24 hours."
And... (Score:3, Insightful)
Who the hell cares? Free wifi. I can get that pretty much anywhere.
What, is this like "Oh, it has the word "iPhone" in it, so we HAVE to put it up front!" ?
Hack?! Ha. (Score:4, Insightful)
Hack? I hardly call changing your User Agent a hack.
This should read:
"The service was pulled because of poorly implemented security."
Iphone Free Wifi? (Score:2, Insightful)
One could easily read that as "wifi free from iphone". A part of me died when i read the summary.
Re:No Fair (Score:1, Insightful)
what about the regular data plan users who pay $60 (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:how to get it iphone free? (Score:4, Insightful)
You are going to Starbucks to drink coffee, right? If you pay for the coffee with a gift card, you get the Wifi for free. Since you were there to buy coffee, and you didn't pay any additional money to get the Wifi, that sounds like it's free to me.
Re:News Flash (Score:3, Insightful)
Not to mention the food is a hell of a lot better at both, and so is the amount of space, the furniture, hell... everything.
The only thing Starbucks has going for it now is that it overbuilt stores, and is bloody everywhere. The coffee and "ambiance" aren't going to hold up in this market... and many will close.
Hell, if they're in your area, most Caribou Coffee shops are way nicer to hang out in than Starbucks.
They were the trendsetter, the also-rans now have studied them and are coming to kick their ass.