"Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <kSo2j.26944$lD6.25628@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net> ,
> DTC <me@nothingtoseehere.zzx> wrote:
>
>> David Friedman wrote:
>> > In article <wEm2j.71286$YL5.13252@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net> ,
>> > "ed" <news@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> i've travelled quite a bit this month- and at lax, dfw, dca, and phl,
>> >> there
>> >> was no free wi-fi. only one hotel i stayed at had free wi-fi. most
>> >> coffee
>> >> shops and restaurants don't have free wi-fi. where are you getting
>> >> the
>> >> impression that free wi-fi is available in most places?
>> >
>> > In my experience, in the U.S., midlevel hotels--Hampton Inn and the
>> > like--almost always have free WiFi. Low end hotels either have free
>> > WiFi
>> > or none. High end hotels have WiFi but charge about ten dollars a day
>> > for it.
>>
>> If there was a mid-level hotel every 500 ft, then it might work. But
>> there isn't so it doesn't.
>
> I use my favorite coffee place, Coffee Ben and Tea Leaf. Otherwise,
> there are a zillion other small places (not Starbucks or LAX, who use
> the pay T-Mobile). Most have signs inn the window. Smart.
> Found places in almost every small town I've been in lately.

i like coffee bean as well, but it's no where near ubiquitous- for example,
i just did a search on their web site and they have NO locations in
philadelphia AT ALL... or dallas... or new york city... only 3 in san
francisco... tons in socal... is coffee bean primarily socal?