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While waiting in line for my Venti iced coffee this morning, I noticed three or four people crouched over laptops, connected to the Net through T-Mobile's hotspot. I've used T-Mobile's hotspot service before, and it was, well, a hotspot. Nothing really different from what I have at home, except for the login requirements. And the $10 daily fee.
So why pay $10 a day or $30 a month for access or anything, when access at Panera Bread is free , as is access at my favorite eating place, the Wildflower Bread Company ? I can understand the benefits of one-stop nationwide access, but at some point, people who want to sip coffee and surf the net will gravitate towards to the free hotspots. What that will do to T-Mobile's business plan remains to be seen.

This entry was posted by Kevin Creighton, on 2.18.2005.

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