Comments on: T-Mobile Sues Starbucks over Free Wi-Fi http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Liza http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/#comment-56703 Liza Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:32:50 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56703 T Mobile sucks! They're involved in unscrupulous business practices as they're always looking for new ways to cheat customers. <br /> The services wasn't exactly free. You could receive 2 free hours daily only by purchasing a gift card and registering it on line at starbucks.com. It was available to those who bought coffee or gift cards, attracting more people to Starbucks. It's a nice service to offer if you want to attract customers new and current ones alike. And good for business. T Mobile sucks! They're involved in unscrupulous business practices as they're always looking for new ways to cheat customers.
The services wasn't exactly free. You could receive 2 free hours daily only by purchasing a gift card and registering it on line at starbucks.com. It was available to those who bought coffee or gift cards, attracting more people to Starbucks. It's a nice service to offer if you want to attract customers new and current ones alike. And good for business.

]]> By: smokeonit http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/#comment-56705 smokeonit Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:44:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56705 there's actually a monthly flat rate for tmobile wifi in the US and every other country tmobile offers wifi, like germany... in germany the flat costs €15/month and in the US i think it's $20 or so... since tmobile offers thousands of hotspots the flat price is actually quite good, but the hourly or daily prices are out of touch with reality...<br /> <br /> what att does with its wifi hotspots, tmobile is doing in gemany, they boundle the iphone with a flat for the wifi hotspots... if tmobile would have gotten the iphone deal in the US it would have made sense to continue the starbucks deal... but since there less non iphone users that actually use the internet regularly tmobile is on the losing end in the US... the $$$ is in the iphone deal, not notebook or other smartphones than the iphone... there's actually a monthly flat rate for tmobile wifi in the US and every other country tmobile offers wifi, like germany… in germany the flat costs €15/month and in the US i think it's $20 or so… since tmobile offers thousands of hotspots the flat price is actually quite good, but the hourly or daily prices are out of touch with reality…

what att does with its wifi hotspots, tmobile is doing in gemany, they boundle the iphone with a flat for the wifi hotspots… if tmobile would have gotten the iphone deal in the US it would have made sense to continue the starbucks deal… but since there less non iphone users that actually use the internet regularly tmobile is on the losing end in the US… the $$$ is in the iphone deal, not notebook or other smartphones than the iphone…

]]> By: Rick http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/#comment-56706 Rick Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:28:29 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56706 Way to go T-Mobile. While you should be able to sell your service, it was the high prices you set that stopped most Starbucks customers from using it.<br /> <br /> I think that most people are going to view your lawsuit as a dumb thing. You are going to brand your company as a poor loser.<br /> <br /> I was traveling the other day, and just for fun fired up by laptop at LAX. I saw your WIFI hotspot, but thought the price was too high for a few minutes of use to check my email and shut down. As you know many airports are now offering the service for free to travelers. Way to go T-Mobile. While you should be able to sell your service, it was the high prices you set that stopped most Starbucks customers from using it.

I think that most people are going to view your lawsuit as a dumb thing. You are going to brand your company as a poor loser.

I was traveling the other day, and just for fun fired up by laptop at LAX. I saw your WIFI hotspot, but thought the price was too high for a few minutes of use to check my email and shut down. As you know many airports are now offering the service for free to travelers.

]]> By: Matt http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/#comment-56709 Matt Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:49:22 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56709 I think Starbucks will just offer T-Mobile free coffee for the inconvenience. I think Starbucks will just offer T-Mobile free coffee for the inconvenience.

]]> By: Stanley http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/#comment-56708 Stanley Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:41:15 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56708 No one I know was paying for the T-Mobile WiFi access at Starbucks. It's a joke, every other place offers free WiFi, there is no reason to pay whatsoever. No one I know was paying for the T-Mobile WiFi access at Starbucks. It's a joke, every other place offers free WiFi, there is no reason to pay whatsoever.

]]> By: Jacques Fu http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/t-mobile-sues-starbucks-over-free-wi-fi/#comment-56707 Jacques Fu Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:09:16 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-56707 Perhaps T-mobile has gone a little far to sue Starbucks, but then again, I doubt Starbucks would've complied with the request, or even offered to pay T-mobile for the wireless services until the transition unless T-mobile did something this drastic.<br /> <br /> T-mobile should have seen this coming from a mile away, and if they were smart, they would have worked with Starbucks to offer the free service. Now they are losing a big client, and access to a huge customer base.<br /> <br /> Jacques<br /> <a href="<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whitecollardragon.com"">http://www.whitecollardragon.com"</a> title="<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whitecollardragon.com"">http://www.whitecollardragon.com"</a> target="_blank" ref="nofollow"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whitecollardragon.com">http://www.whitecollardragon.com</a></a> Perhaps T-mobile has gone a little far to sue Starbucks, but then again, I doubt Starbucks would've complied with the request, or even offered to pay T-mobile for the wireless services until the transition unless T-mobile did something this drastic.

T-mobile should have seen this coming from a mile away, and if they were smart, they would have worked with Starbucks to offer the free service. Now they are losing a big client, and access to a huge customer base.

Jacques
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