>it's going to be hard to distinguish a Starbucks access point operated for the benefit of customers of Starbucks from a telco access point operated for the ben

>it's going to be hard to distinguish a Starbucks access point operated for the benefit of customers of Starbucks from a telco access point operated for the benefit of customers of that telco Not really. Usually there is an actual Starbucks where there is Starbucks WiFi and it doesn't extend much beyond the coffee shop. In this case and the case of Comcast in the US, the company is using other people's property for broadcasting wireless.