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Our minimum wage is NOT $28 AUD, it's ~17. Meal at a tasty restaurant for 2 is ~35-40 if you don't go super fancy. Coke + chips maybe 5-6, 4 in a supermarket. F
by fratlas 11y ago
Our minimum wage is NOT $28 AUD, it's ~17. Meal at a tasty restaurant for 2 is ~35-40 if you don't go super fancy. Coke + chips maybe 5-6, 4 in a supermarket. Free wifi is almost EVERYWHERE (cafes/mcdonalds/businesses).
But yeah, tech scene is awful. Just awful.
I'm sorry you had such an expensive experience, Sydney is considerably the more expensive of the capitals.
- joshschreuder 11y agoFree wifi is becoming more prevalent over here (at least in Melbourne), but it's nothing compared to a lot of the major cities in the US for example.
- fratlas 11y agoProbably due to the fact that no two Starbucks are more than 3 blocks apart in the US :P
- technion 11y agoI have several colleagues in the retail industry talking about free Wi-Fi being "the next big thing" and several major chains are only just jumping on board. I'm incredibly confused by it - we've reached a point where everyone has a mobile device with 4G at better speeds than the 1MB DSL service shared across 20 patrons. I would have sworn from a technology point of view, that buying a bunch of APs to offer free Internet in your café would be a dying trend.
- SyneRyder 11y agoThe retail stores aren't really interested in the free WiFi - they're more interested in the silent tracking of customers that comes with the access points, even if the customers never actually connect. Think Google Analytics for brick & mortar retail, and being able to track location & frequency of individual customers in stores.