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McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industry

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edited March 2004 in Science & Tech
Signs at a McDonald's in downtown San Francisco cordially beckon customers to surf the Web using its wireless Internet service, but no one is biting during a recent Wednesday lunch hour.

[blockquote]The scene is typical, says supervisor Margie deGroot, whose restaurant near Market and Second streets became, last year, one of the first McDonald's in the country to offer wireless Net access to customers: "Why would these customers use this service when they can go back to their offices to use their computers?" she says.
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  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited March 2004
    I dont think enough people carry around their LTs everywhere, esp to Lunch or a fastfood place like McDonalds. I dont think enough people even have LTs for this to be useful if they did bring it with then.
  • DanGDanG I AM CANADIAN Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    If you've got a newer PDA some have wifi built in, so that would work. My boss can pick up on 3 different networks at work on his iPaq, none of them ours either.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    McDonalds? Wi-Fi?

    :rolleyes:
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    McWiFi? McWAP? McNIC? Mc54G combo?
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited March 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    McWiFi? McWAP? McNIC? Mc54G combo?

    ;D:eek3::crazy::cheers:

    That sounds like some interresting bytes. :D
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited March 2004
    I saw that at a McDonalds in Missouri of all places.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited March 2004
    We have them here in Lousyana of all places too. My laptop wasn't connecting with them though.

    KingFish
  • Park_7677Park_7677 Missouri Member
    edited March 2004
    pseudonym wrote:
    I saw that at a McDonalds in Missouri of all places.

    Not where I live yet. Oh well, it's not like I own a laptop w/ WiFi anyway :buck:

    This is funny. I wonder about the security and stuff. :rolleyes2
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited March 2004
    The problem I see is that if there is one thing McD's is (usually) good for it is speed. Who wants to kill an extra hour in McDonalds?

    Where this idea would work is someplace where a person is forced to wait around twiddling their thumbs. If a nicer restaurant offered this for patrons undergoing a long wait for a table it might be fun. Ever been on a date where you had to make small talk for 20 minutes in a restaurant lobby? :rolleyes2
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited March 2004
    Only times I can think of that this would really come in handy is for students who might want to grab a bite to eat but doesn't have time to be away from the Internet.

    Also, I know many times when my Aunt was in the hospital we would be up there for hours and sometimes a couple of days (though my grandmother would stay for weeks if need be). Often it was just a whole lot of waiting and prayer. Being able to go down to the Hospital's McDonald's and hop on the Internet would have been a very weclomed thing. I would have paid for it!
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