NY Tel
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join:2004-04-09
Smithtown, NY
 ·VOIPo
| reply to xenophon
My "Registration Experience"
OK, your faithful GEEK reporter is sitting here in a Starbucks armed with:
1. My wireless air card issued by my company
2. Laptop
3. Starbucks Card
Now that I have established that...... 
I plugged in my wireless card so I could access the Internet to immediately register my new card and sign up for an AT&T free account.
I used the card today because the requirement is that you use it once in a 30 day period. For that use, you get 2 hours free surfing a day which is a good deal because I am always near a Starbucks (who Isn't) and there are times when I do NOT want to use my company provided air card.
Plus, I don't always have it with me so this account is useful IMHO.
So I went to the web site and registered my card (took no time at all), then there was a link to sign up for AT&T access. I clicked the link and was directed to a page to fill in some pertinent info such as a username and password for use on the AT&T network.
Did that.
This all took no longer than 10 minutes total. I am now surfing the net using AT&T in my local Starbucks.
Just thought the readers would like to know how easy the setup really was.
* You must register a card that has been used within the past 30 days for it to work
Received the following e-mail asking me to confirm my identity:
Dear Starbucks Card Member
Thank you for becoming an AT&T Wi-Fi member! Please click on the following link to complete your registration.
(LINK REMOVED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS)
As a new subscriber we have included some helpful tips to get you started.
* Your AT&T Wi-Fi account will get you online at any company-operated Starbucks location equipped with a hot spot. To keep it active, make a purchase or reload funds on your Starbucks Card within 30 days of the day you login.
* Your AT&T Wi-Fi username is XXXXXXX
* To connect in a store, follow these steps:
1. Select "attwifi" from the list of available wireless networks
2. Open a browser
3. On the AT&T Login page, enter your Username, select "AT&T WiFi" from the drop down box, and enter your Password
* Find a Starbucks location here.
* To find helpful contact numbers for assistance, visit www.attwifi.com.
Starbucks welcomes you to Starbucks Card Rewards - visit Starbucks.com/card anytime to reload your Card and manage your account.
Again, thank you for choosing AT&T Wi-Fi service!
We look forward to serving all of your high-speed wireless needs.
Sincerely,
AT&T Internet Services |
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jesschoen
join:2008-06-07
| I use a Palm TX and have been unable to access the AT&T "free" service at more than one local Starbucks in N. VA. I have registered with AT&T and they have sent me an e-mail confirming that I should be good to go at Starbucks.
However, in Starbucks, I input my user name and password, select AT&T wi-fi, accept the terms of service and hit continue (or whatever the icon is called). I then am taken to a t-mobile page with a message that either my username or password is incorrect (which they are not). Has anyone been able to get a TX to access AT&T at Starbucks?
Thanks.
James |
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Other James
@rr.com
|  James,
You have to make sure that your TX's wireless card is connected to the "attwifi" wireless network before you access the logon page. It looks like you were inadvertently connected to the "tmobile" wireless network when you tried logging in. There should be a way to access your TX's wireless-network settings, but I'm not familiar with the TX. Sometimes the logon credentials can be stored in your wireless settings. RTM. |
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anon123
@fuse.net
| I have called Starbucks and AT&T and get the phone mery go round from AT&T. Nobody I have talked to can help with the logon problem. I was connected to the AT&T wireless router at the Starbucks store. Since I never received a confirmation email I will get ANOTHER Starbucks card and create a new Starbucks account to see if the FUBAR goes away. |
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anon123
@fuse.net
| Here is an update. I can log on to the AT&T site from home using the user ID and password I piked when setting up the free AT&T account so I know the user ID and password are correct. The next time I go to Starbucks I will asked for the manager to see if they have a clue to what's going on. I will also take my laptop with me to see if it works. The previous time I used my PocketPC. It has worked just fine at other free WIFI spots in the past though. |
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Mark323
@bankone.com
| reply to jesschoen
I have the exact same experience and have been around many times between the ATT and Starbucks support, no one can figure it out, or they just have not devoted any time to figuring it out, after more than a week still no luck. The only place I have been able to login using the TX is from Barnes&Nobles. Whatever the issue, it appears to be between ATTWiFi and T-Mobile.
BTW I"ve been looking at this thread and it's curious to me that you ask a legit question in a tech forum and get back all this rant about coffee. What's up with that? |
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