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join:2001-01-29
Bar & Grill
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| This has been going on for years.. The only news here is Wi-Fi bars. No surprise there. Actually, bars should go internet cafe.
When I was a Sys Admin for a Chrysler Dealership and a RV Dealership (ran by the same guy) we offered Wi-Fi for service customers. RV Dealers do it because it could take up to 2 hrs to do a oil change on 42' RV. Also, for most rv'rs, it is the main access to news, mail, et all.
RV Parks ad camping sites have been offering Wi-Fi access for at least 4 years.
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Yippz Voip
join:2005-05-04
Atlanta, GA
| Re: This has been going on for years.. It's amazing here in suburban Atlanta, that wifi has not only found it's way into car dealerships and bars, but also family restaurants (JR BBQ, Buffalo's Cafe, J. Christophers, Bailey's etc etc) and Kroger Supermarkets & Whole Foods stores...
Can't beat firing up the pocket PC, loading SJPhone or Skype and talking for free around the world or listening to my favorite internet radio station from Australia while shopping for groceries.
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Chris 313
Come get some
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join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
clubs: | Note to Karl "Greensboro paper discovers Wi-Fi isn't just for coffee chops"
Does that say "CHOPS" instead of "SHOPS" ? | |
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Re: Note to Karl Yes, I was hungry. Corrected, thanks. | |
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Maggs
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join:2002-11-29
Woodside, NY | FedEx Karl some pork chops stat! | |
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Karl Bode
News Guy
join:2000-03-02 | Re: Note to Karl I'll take the rack of lamb.... | |
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spamd
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join:2001-04-22
Rockford, IL | Free WiFi is everywhere. Not only is it free at Bars. It's also free at your neighbors across the street!
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SinNombre
join:2004-09-16
Charlotte, NC
·RoadRunner Cable
| hack fest! Car dealerships? Bars? Could come in handy, but how many of those places are going to be secure?
Doing some wardriving while getting your oil changed will take on a whole new meaning...
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ossito16
join:2004-07-31
Whiting, IN
·RCN CABLE
| Let the bets fly Maybe bar will provide patrons with laptops for getting on internet. Now I can go to sports bar, showing multiple games, (i.e. college basketball, football, or even euro league soccer) and place bets. Legal way of gambling and drinking without going to vegas. | |
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snipper_cr
join:2002-01-22
Wheaton, IL
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| KFC/A&W There is a KFC/A&W near us that has free Wifi. Pretty good enjoying a Rootbeer float and some winds with biscuts!
Here is my post about it a while ago
»[Hotspots] The colonel is in!
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nateerb
join:2002-07-17
Milwaukee, WI
| Doctor's waiting room Now grannies born before WWII are probably happy with People magazine, but the baby-boomers know what the Internet is. And Gen X'ers like myself, who get things like cancer and need specialists, really don't care when the TomKat baby will hatch.
WiFi the doctor's, hospitals, and dentists!!! | |
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join:2002-07-17
Milwaukee, WI
| Re: Doctor's waiting room Another thought...
I am at a Tully's in Seattle waiting for the Empire Builder train to take me back to the dump that is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. That's right... a TRAIN. United Airlines has screwed me for the last time.
Amtrak is always in a sorry state, but I think people are starting to revisit rail travel. Most pax on the way out here were first-timers who had been bumped from reserved and paid for airline seats (so that sorry industry could clear out Denver).
Boy, if they had Internet on the train I could basically run my business from a Superliner coach seat. I'd even pay a rip-off price of, let's say, $20 a day. Great revenue stream, would increase ridership, and make two nights from the Midwest to the coast more bearable.
Write your senators... they gave the airlines $15B after 9-11, and piss and moan about the couple hundred million Amtrak requests for annual deferred maintenance. Wifi would be a small capital investment and would likely pay for itself in added revenue. All mass-transport requires public money, and none are really profitable (including the airline industry).
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FiL
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD | Re: Doctor's waiting room WiFi for Every Toilet...No Man should EVER shite without a proper connection to the internet! | |
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WiseOldNerd
De gustibus non est disputandum
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join:2001-11-25
Phoenix, AZ | Re: Doctor's waiting room or woman---truer words was never spoke
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FiL
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD | Re: Doctor's waiting room
Touche. | |
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jmich
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join:2001-08-28
Toms River, NJ
clubs: | Paltalk Im a Paltalk addict--and people take their laptops everywhere and have their cams on. Some people drive and chat with video!! I ve seen more live events from laptops than ever before. | |
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claudeo
join:2000-02-23
Redmond, WA
| In odd places What's weird is that one sometimes *forgets* about wi-fi when it could be handy. A couple of nights ago I was in that little oceanside town in Oregon, trying to decide on a motel. It's only after I finally chose one that I remembered that I could have just stopped in front of any of them and used their free wi-fi to check them all out on tripadvisor.com
Next time...
But a pox on the more expensive hotels that charge for Wi-Fi. | |
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lonnyb
lurking no longer
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join:2004-01-25
Elizabethtown, KY
clubs: | Re: In odd places That is a good idea! | |
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Free Wi-Fi in Bars Means Beer Soaked Laptops
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