In article <5nq2j.65820$RX.52467@newssvr11.news.prodigy.net >,
"ed" <news@no-atwistedweb-spam.com> wrote:

> "Kurt" <labolide@spacegmail.com> wrote in message
> news:labolide-8367D5.18092325112007@news.giganews.com...
> > 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?

Maybe, and Pacific Northwest. Better coffee than Starbucks (too bitter)
which got me there in the first place.

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