Free Wi-Fi Expands in Canada as all McDonald's Offer Network Access

On 29/05/11 5:17 AM, George wrote:

>> Plenty of businesses manage to stay a going concern without wifi of
>> any kind.
>> Most of them, in fact.
>
> That is the case with businesses I know about. And with the exception of
> SMS I have never heard anyone mention : "Oooh, I am going there because
> of free WiFi" or "Oooh, I am not going there because they don't have
> free WiFi"

FWIW, it's a consideration for me when I'm taking my car in for minor
service (e.g. new tires, rotating the tires, oil change). I'm going to
spend an hour sitting in their waiting area, I want free wifi so I can
use my laptop. Around here, there are enough places that DO have free
wifi that I don't waste my time and money on the others.

jc

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On Sun, 29 May 2011 08:21:21 -0700, jcdill <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 29/05/11 5:17 AM, George wrote:
>
>>> Plenty of businesses manage to stay a going concern without wifi of
>>> any kind.
>>> Most of them, in fact.
>>
>> That is the case with businesses I know about. And with the exception of
>> SMS I have never heard anyone mention : "Oooh, I am going there because
>> of free WiFi" or "Oooh, I am not going there because they don't have
>> free WiFi"
>
>FWIW, it's a consideration for me when I'm taking my car in for minor
>service (e.g. new tires, rotating the tires, oil change). I'm going to
>spend an hour sitting in their waiting area, I want free wifi so I can
>use my laptop. Around here, there are enough places that DO have free
>wifi that I don't waste my time and money on the others.

In my area, very few places have WiFi, free or otherwise, so it's not
even the tiniest consideration for me. I simply go where the service
is best or the food is best, as two examples.

I live in a small suburb of about 96,000 people, part of a greater
metro area of about 4 million people, but this is about as far as you
can get from either coast, so that probably explains the lack of WiFi.

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Paul Miner