[nmglug] [SlashZot] A Coffeeshop's Weekends Without Wi-Fi

[js at jasonschaefer.com]

Longevity cafe does that and its very obnoxious.



bill york wrote:

> put a one-hour code on every receipt ;)
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> W
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> js at jasonschaefer.com wrote:
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>> I understand this can be a problem but is usually exaggerated. How often
>> would a cafe have the same people eat breakfast, lunch and dinner all in
>> one day? Not to mention, multiple drinks throughout the day? Also, there
>> are some who will not go to a cafe that is not wifi enabled. Not the
>> otherway around, unless of course, it was too busy with "wifi
>> squatters". So place a sign asking people to be considerate, this would
>> encourage people to either buy somthing to justify taking a table or
>> move. What about the people who go and sit around talking, only drinking
>> one cup of coffee the entire time? On the otherhand if the cafe is tiny
>> this will always be a problem. So, the best solution would be to put
>> wifi in every single cafe so people could spread out more.
>>
>> -Jason
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>> Mark Galassi wrote:
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>>> A Coffeeshop's Weekends Without Wi-Fi
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>>> [1]Glenn Fleishman writes "Victrola Cafe and Art in Seattle
>>> is a popular coffeeshop that offers free Wi-Fi--except on the
>>> weekends. In an experiment, [2]the cafe started shutting down
>>> its Wi-Fi network on Saturdays and Sundays after watching
>>> their culture erode: the shop became full (and was turning
>>> away customers) with six-to-eight hour Wi-Fi squatters, many
>>> of whom didn't even purchase anything. Their second Sunday
>>> without Wi-Fi was one of their best revenue days in some
>>> time. I don't propose a Wi-Fi (or free Wi-Fi) backlash, but
>>> it's interesting how with some time under their belt, the
>>> clash of inward facing technology and outward facing culture
>>> hit these particular entrepreneurs' limit."
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>>>   <URL:http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/26/2342256>
>>> [1] <REF:http://wifinetnews.com/>
>>> [2] <REF:http://wifinetnews.com/archives/005325.html>
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