Starbucks does NOT have free wifi, never did. Their wifi is provided by
AT&T and you have to have an account to use it.

Well you could have fooled me. Just got back from 55 days in US
where I constantly and consistently got free wifi and every Starubcks
I visited. Same thing in Canada
 You DO NOT need a AT &T account you need a Starbucks
user name and password that you can easily get when you
register a Starbucks card. As long as you have even 5 cents
on the card you can get the free wif. Simply reload the card
when it's empty to keep access to wifi. You don't have to do any follow
up online when you add to your card.
Free Wifi at Starbucks works for me!

Bernie
Vancouver

I have just spend 55 days in California, Oregon, Washington and
Ariz

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Starbucks does NOT have free wifi, never did.  Their wifi is provided by
> AT&T and you have to have an account to use it.
>
> Truck stops do NOT have free wifi, you have to buy cards for their service
> to use it.
>
> I don't know if McDonald's wifi is free, but why would you want to go
> there?  No atmosphere.  Bad food.
>
> Panera does have free wifi.  Also good coffee and not-bad food.
>
> Libraries pretty much everywhere seem to have free wifi.  In small towns
> they aren't open much, but Phoenix isn't a small town.  Some libraries even
> let you bring in your coffee!
>
> Caribou coffee has free wifi, but I don't know if they are in Phoenix.
>
> Cosi coffee (and food) has free wifi but last I tried it, you had to give
> them your credit card info to use it, so I've never tried.
>
> Karl Wolz's house has wifi - be nice to him, and maybe he'll invite you
> over.
>
> But since he snapped at you (that wasn't nice, Karl!), he's right.  To find
> free wifi anyplace, just google "free wifi placename" and you'll find a
> list
> of places.  Several lists, actually - it's worth looking at all of them
> since the info is contributed by whoever feels like contributing, and may
> not be complete.
>
> Often googling "coffee roasters placename" will also get you free wifi,
> since the kind of coffeehouses that roast their own beans often provide
> free
> wifi as well.  If you like good coffee while using the wifi, that's a good
> way to find it.
>
>
> Free wifi is pretty easy to find almost everyplace these days.  No need to
> pay for it.
>
>
>
>
> Joy (who uses free wifi everywhere!  well, except at home, where I pay for
> it)
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Katy Hahn <ahwahneevw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Truck stops were mentioned, in particular here in AZ the Flying Js
> > will have WiFi.
> >
> > Geo
> >
>