This is a public service announcement. Starbucks Wi-Fi is free!
People don’t seem to know this. I’m constantly being asked when I’m on my computer at Starbucks whether I’m paying for the connection. Also, whenever I hear someone say that they have however many minutes left in the time they bought, I interrupt them and say, “Hey, you’re an idiot.” Then, I explain how it’s done:
- Get a Starbucks debit card. It’s free. You’re going to buy stuff at Starbucks anyway, so just do it in two steps instead of one: put the money on the card and then buy what you’re going to buy anyway using the card.
- Go to Starbucks.com and register your card. There’s a number on the back of the card that you use for this.
- Use the login you created to sign in to “att wi-fi” when the Wi-Fi default page opens up in your browser.
This is supposed to give you up to two hours per day for free. I’ve found that I can stay on much longer than two hours. I don’t actually know that they knock you off, but it hasn’t been a problem for me.
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