Latte and WiFi, A Wonderful Mix

Man, I have been known to pull a few mistakes in my life. But I have never been so bold as to rip somebody off using somebody else’s equipment. That is what T-Mobile is alleging. –

T-Mobile USA sued Starbucks, saying the coffee chain breached a contract by allowing AT&T to supply in-store customers with free wireless Internet access using T-Mobile’s lines and equipment. T-Mobile, which said it agreed to provide Wi-Fi service at Starbucks in 2002, accused the largest American coffee chain of secretly developing a plan to let AT&T provide free Internet service at more than 7,000 Starbucks stores in the United States. T-Mobile said it is bearing the cost and burden of the free Wi-Fi service offer because it provided equipment and technology at thousands of Starbucks stores.

Could be true. Or they could just be ticked that AT&T has the account now. I hope that T-Mobile had a rock solid contract on the prior equipment and service terms. But you do know Dear Reader that the whole litigation is a fools errand. The cost of even ‘professional’ AP’s is only a couple of C notes. Total cost of replacement would be less than a pair legal teams duking it for 6months in court. Sigh…

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