The problems with Starbucks

Coffee shops - Doesn't it drive you nuts when you want to find a comfortable wi-fi spot to work from and so you sign up for a T Mobile hot spot account for say $30-40 a month.

You expect to able to use your wireless computer as needed at a participating Starbucks or Kinkos location, however.....

when you get inside the coffee shop...many times, there are no isolated areas that you can sit away from the crowds and the shop keepers keep the temperatures very low at many times.

I know it is a part of company policy to freeze out customers who like to relax a little longer than the commercially viable hang out time of say 17 minutes or whatever is optimal for profit...but hey if thats the case, maybe that and considering the price of any drink in Starbucks...they should offer their wi fi service free of charge or at least a much lower fee.

Lets be competitive here.

Ive noticed while in Orange County CA, the only place to get a reasonable wi fi connection is at a grocery store.

I though we were moving into a techno age where we be able to access information more freely and knowledge would be more in the public domain, but rather you get a series of swindlers trying to make a buck using erroneous or under studied information or they are extremely anti free use about any proprietary information.