Free AT&T Wi-Fi Rolls Out At Starbucks - Finally
Posted on 03 June 2008, at 5:05 am, by Wayne Schulz
Starbucks and AT&T have revealed the details of their much discussed free Wi-Fi plan (up to 2 hours daily). To use the free access you must create an AT&T Wi-Fi account, use your Starbucks card once within the last 30 days (loading money to the card counts as use - and loading money is free), and agree to let AT&T spam you send up to four emails per year. In exchange you get access to a maximum of 2 hours of free Wi-Fi per day which has to be in one session (you can’t leave and come back in the same day). Update: Tested this at the Glastonbury CT Starbucks and the AT&T Wi-Fi account I created via the AT&T page (link below) allowed me to connect.
Link: Create your free AT&T Wi-Fi account
Link: Frequently Asked Questions About Starbucks Rewards
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June 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
Hmmmm… Very interesting..! I wonder if there is an iPhone connection, hmmmmmmmmmmm?
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
The way they handle this is actually pretty smart.
First you have to register your Starbucks Card account online with Starbucks.
Then you open a WIFI account with AT&T and create a user name and login. As part of the process you supply them with your Starbucks account. By providing the account you are giving AT&T the ability to look at your activity with Starbucks for the purposes of determining if you’ve made any purchases/additions within 30 days.
I think a work around for the one session of 2 hours per day is to buy multiple Starbucks Cards and use them as needed to create additional ATT WIFI accounts.