When I'm not in the office, I find I spend most of my time at the little coffee shop down the street from my apartment. It's a nice little place, locally owned, and they've got a nicer variety of coffees than Starbucks does. They've also heard of roasts other than french (sorry--is that "freedom roast coffee" now?). I like the flavor of coffee, and it's nice to get some that isn't brewed from burned beans. The one thing that it doesn't have that Starbucks does is wireless internet.
At the moment, that's no big deal, since I don't use the wireless internet at Starbucks (It's from T-mobile) but I'm looking to start, as I'm spending a good piece of my time working from home, and it's less distracting than my office at home. So that means wireless internet would be good.
Interestingly, SBC business DSL, for a reasonably slow feed (384K down, 128K up) runs $34.99 a month. T-Mobile's wireless costs $39.95 a month for month-to-month, or $29.95/mo for a year commitment.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pinky?
An Airport base station, which does NAT, is only $199. Methinks it's time to chat with the owners of said coffee shop...
Posted by Dan at March 21, 2003 04:18 PM | TrackBack (0)