From: Joe Plotkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"freelance writer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Polls/surveys about wireless usage (by coffee
buyers, etc.)?
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 03:09:31 -0400
Perception is a funny thing.
Why is it that these coffee shop owners no longer see wireless as a
way to draw additional customers? In other words, are they taking
these customers for granted because they sit too long?
Is user behavior different when node use is free? Do they feel
obliged to b
itor
only staff can see?
Dan
From: Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "freelance writer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Polls/surveys about wireless usage (by coffee
buyers, etc.)?
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:31:04 -0400
I thin
I think that no one has systematically asked these questions.
In fact, I think that many coffee shop owners are not excited about
wireless users lurking since they don't make a lot of additional
purchases. Rumor has it that more than one Starbucks' manager has
deliberately disconnected the Tmob
I promise to quiet down after this new thread, but my original question
about how to convince a small-business owner to share their connection has
raised a question which I think deserves some consideration.
Are there any poll or survey results out there that would give a small
business-owner a
