Starbucks Clashes With WiFi Hobbyists Over Airwaves 329
fobbman writes: "Portland Oregon's Pioneer Square (the heart of downtown) has had free WiFi access provided since February by Personal Telco, which is a local group of computer hobbyists. Now Starbuck's is planning on offering the same service on the same band in the same area for $29.95 a month, according to this story in the local fishwrap. Without regulation or licensing, and with WiFi growing, this could become a common problem."
Starbucks finally read the holy doctorine of... (Score:1, Funny)
They are branching out to places they shouldn't.
Re:WTF? (Score:1, Funny)
Joe with a laptop goes into starbucks, orders latte and flips open his laptop.
Enter John with his laptop across the street in another Starbucks (because in 10 years there woul dbe 50,000 locations nationwide).
Joe and John wirelessly share porn over the WiFi while enjoying their coffee.
Obligatory Onion Article (Score:4, Funny)
Re:boycott starbucks (Score:1, Funny)
I just want a fucking cup of coffee, and I don't give a shit if the beans were picked by Nubian slaves in some tropical rainforest.
If you wanna go out in the woods and listen to Pacifica and wank off while worshipping your earth mother that's your business, but don't be some totalitarian leftist nazi and presume to tell me where and how I should spend my shinies.
Fuck all you rabid leftist socialist....you're nothing but totalitarians who want to dictate every aspect of everybody's lives....fucking control freak motherfuckers. Fuck Nader, fuck the Greens, and fuck all the lesbo dykes who are too ugly to get laid and don't wear any makeup