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It would be nice if google provided free wifi to public libraries. The announcement talks about kids doing homework. They are more likely to be in the library
by tnuc 13y ago
It would be nice if google provided free wifi to public libraries.
The announcement talks about kids doing homework. They are more likely to be in the library or McDonalds than starbucks.
- maneesh 13y agoHead over to a public library after school, then head over to a starbucks, and tell me which one has more high-school aged children in it.
- superconductor 13y agoI can tell you: it's the library.
- spjuza 13y agoIt might depend on the location, but I have seen it both ways. Sometimes coffee shops are much closer than a library to the student's house or school.
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- hnriot 13y agoWhy would they do that, your state taxes pay for the libraries.
- VLM 13y agoLocal prop taxes pay most of the library budget here, and why yes, they do have free wifi. And it rocks. I'm usually logged into ancestry and google docs while I do genealogy stuff with the microfilm machines. Although as more "stuff" goes online over the years, there's less need to use the microfilm machines. I like the historical map collection and the local history reference books. They also have almost a century of phone books, which is interesting.
- joeblau 13y agoThey do in Mountain View.
- Sven7 13y agoIf you are in the ad targeting business, what demographic is going to produces greater yields - kids with no income or people who blindly overpay for shit coffee?
- gonzo 13y agoYou are aware that: a) Google gives free access to public libraries in cities that get Google Fiber, and, b) AT&T WiFi services (nee: Wayport) also has McDonalds as a client. Right? With this announcement, you can be sure that McDonalds is considering their options. McDonalds competitors may well approach Google, too.
- fpgeek 13y agoGetting better WiFi into a large chunk of public libraries requires making arrangements with thousands of cities and towns. Getting better WiFi into almost all Starbucks locations in the US requires just one deal with Starbucks. To me, that makes it seem perfectly natural for Google to focus on Starbucks and to reserve their efforts with public libraries for places where they have existing relationships like Google Fiber cities.