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Free 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.
by joshschreuder 11y ago
Free 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.