TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Wi-Fi Wars / Loiterers Can be a Drag on Businesses' Bottom Line

Wi-Fi Wars / Loiterers Can be a Drag on Businesses' Bottom Line

Monty Solomon (monty@roscom.com)
Sun, 9 Jul 2006 11:06:28 -0400

By Alison Lobron, Globe Correspondent | July 9, 2006

Some wireless users sneak in their own food with their laptops.
Others buy one cup of coffee at 9 a.m. and surf the Net until closing
time. And the truly audacious sit for hours without making any
pretense of a purchase.

In and around Boston, cafe owners who installed wireless signals to
draw customers say they also are drawing Internet users who tie up
seats for hours, buy little or nothing, and make coffee shops feel
like the office as they tap away at their laptops. Now some owners are
fighting back by charging for wireless access, shutting off their
signal at peak business hours, or telling loitering laptoppers to
shell out or ship out.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/07/09/wi_fi_wars/

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