For a while now, you've been able to get a couple hours of free wifi at Starbucks if you used one of their Starbucks Cards, previously set up an account with AT&T and made somewhat regular (albeit not unreasonable) purchases. Starbucks is also planning on rolling out a new service called Starbucks Digital Network that would give free access to paid content such as the Wall Street Journal and other sites behind a "pay wall".
Personally, Starbucks has always been the wifi of last resort for me. Besides the hassle of using their Starbucks Card with an AT&T account, I always found their stores to be crowded with limited seating and the seating that was available was usually the hard wood chairs with a rickity small table to work on. Panera and even - gasp- McDonalds offered a better wifi experience and was more comfortable.
And I do think McDonalds makes a better cup of coffee. Just sayin'.
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