WIFI at McDonalds? Am I missing something?

[Kelemvor]

Story at yahoo

Under an agreement with Wayport, SBC will offer daily access for $7.95 and monthly access to its Wi-Fi hot spots for $19.95.

So I pay $8 to use WIFI during the 45 minutes I'm actually in McDonalds? Or if I eat there 3 times a day and sit there all day then It's a good deal? Or it I eat at McDonalds every day then I can get the monthly rate?

How many times have you seen people set up shop with a laptop and such in McDonalds? I've never seen it.

Seems like this is just rediculous to me...

 

[Mr N8]

You can pay $3 for an hour or 2, I don't remember how much.

 

[Hammer]

fast food restaurants are all about having you get your food, eat quickly, and then get out. i don't see how this will work well.

 

[AFB]

I thought you could buy a Super Meal thing and get it for free.

 

[Confused]

Get food from drivethrough, download emails/traffic information or more music files onto your carputer (see sig) while sitting in the carpark listening to any number of your thousands of songs


Confused

 

[rh71]

what's ridiculous is people eating at their $1k laptops ... so I don't see this taking off at all... I see Starbucks people do it, but I wouldn't unless it's an emergency. 1 spill and you're done.

 

[bmacd]

greasy fast food fingers + expensive laptop = bad news

-=bmacd=-

 

[Mr N8]

There is a McD's right off the interstate near me that has it. I see truckers and business people using it all the time, while taking a break from driving. I used it once, because they were giving free trials away. The only complaint I have is that it only supports 802.11b, and it really wasn't that fast. I'm not sure what kind of connection they are using, but I suspect it may even be a full ISDN or cheap DSL.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: Hammer
fast food restaurants are all about having you get your food, eat quickly, and then get out. i don't see how this will work well.

Exactly.

By the time I get booted up, logged on, start browsing, and get into whatever I'm looking at... I'd normally already be done eating and on my way...

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MogulMonster
There is a McD's right off the interstate near me that has it. I see truckers and business people using it all the time, while taking a break from driving. I used it once, because they were giving free trials away. The only complaint I have is that it only supports 802.11b, and it really wasn't that fast. I'm not sure what kind of connection they are using, but I suspect it may even be a full ISDN or cheap DSL.

Why would 802.11b matter if you're browsing the Internet ? It's coming down at the same speed. If you were transferring between machines on the same LAN, then sure it matters if it were b vs. g...