Todays USA Today (front page of the life section) says Starbucks will be
doing the wireless internet access part in some if not all of their stores
in the spring. Sounds like a go.
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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [cc] Starbucks Goes Broadband
> i agree. also Starbucks put a cybercafe here in
> SF a couple years ago and removed the computers
> shortly after (1yr?). it was supposed to be a
> pilot for all their cafes and didnt amount to
> anything.
>
> Kireau Kendrick
> The Cybercafe Search Engine
> Cafe Cybercaptive, San Mateo, CA
> http://cybercaptive.com
>
> On Thu, 4 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi all from the states :)
> >
> > Regarding the whole Starbucks and cybercafe issue, I wouldn't worry too
much.
> > From what I've heard from a few friends in Seattle (one of whom is one
the
> > of them managers at one of their test cybercafes) they might well be
dropping
> > the "brand." It seems they are running into the problem of the cost of
> > retrofitting their outfits in terms of wiring and space. Apparently
such is
> > cost is about double what they expected and the higher ups are
expressing
> > much concern about the idea of continuing. If I hear anything more I'll
pass
> > it along.
> >
> > Beth
> > Cafe Aroma Borealis
> > Lancaster, PA
> > 18 days til we open!
> >
>
>
>
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