The new WiFi service is a partnership between Google and Level 3 communications and is expected to be 10 times faster than existing WiFi speeds (bye bye AT&T) and up to 100 times faster in markets where Google is actively providing Fiber services. Despite the bump in bandwidth, the service will also remain free which is a nice bonus. I’ve not yet found a posted schedule for each store upgrade however, you’ll know a store has been upgraded once it starts broadcasting an SSID : “Google Starbucks”. As always, don’t forget to use common sense when surfing the net on Public WiFi networks and try to stick to sites using SSL / HTTPS only. What do you think? Is faster WiFi enough to justify a $5 cup of warm milk and a little espresso? Really glad to about the upgrade. And no, I don’t buy warm milk anymore. DRIP for the win for me! Regarding the WiFi news — yeah all good. My guess is the SBUX stores are in line for a hardware upgrade as well so this upgrade probably has that refresh behind the scenes as a motivator as well. Comment Name * Email *
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