Or do they just get really mad and kick you out?
2006-07-11 06:15:33 · 11 answers · asked by tinnisk 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Well, considering you have to pay for it...
If you want free WiFi head to select McDonalds locations or Panera Bread, http://www.panerabread.com/locations.aspx?WiFi=1
The StarBucks locations where I live, charge for it and I simply refuse to pay for it when there is a Panera Bread not two miles away.
2006-07-11 06:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by conradj213 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Starbucks would not get mad at you because Starbucks charges for thier wireless access, so you would be a paying customer. They have a front end menu that will require an access code and not let you get passed it until you enter it. If you don't have to pay for the access then the Starbucks is not using the corporate wireless system.
2006-07-11 06:23:42 · answer #2 · answered by thunder2sys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's illegal unless Star buck's has a restraining order against you! LOL But it is their right to kick you out if they want to. Just buy a grande and that should last you a while so you can use the Internet without angering them.
2006-07-11 06:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by sukey32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called a "hotspot". They have that wireless connection for their customers. You can use their connection...its a service from starbucks for their customers.
If you just sit there and not order anything and use their connection, its considered rude, but its not illegal.
2006-07-11 06:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by Sean I.T ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, The starbucks by my apartment is free also. That's how they get some of there customers.
2006-07-11 06:19:05 · answer #5 · answered by Keyana W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Starbucks offers this as a service to their customers, they have every right to ask you to leave if you are not buying their product.
2006-07-11 06:22:00 · answer #6 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, thats what its for... sorta like a lure, you go in and use the net and the smell of coffee wills you to buy some. thus you end up staying there all day drinking their coffee and looking at dirty pictures.
2006-07-11 06:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by Dylan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's legal but you have to pay to get access. search google for free wireless nodes in your area. here is an example for boston.
http://www.google.com/search?q=free+wireless+nodes+boston
2006-07-11 06:20:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you just have to pay tmobile to use the connection.
2006-07-11 06:18:46 · answer #9 · answered by sfredbook 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope, that is what they do it for, so you can use it and drink their overpriced coffee all day
2006-07-11 06:18:05 · answer #10 · answered by brainxtc1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋