Comments on: Coffee Shops Start Turning Wifi Off On Weekends

By: Bethany

Bethany — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:05:24 +0000

One good idea for the business owner is to add the feature of a timed internet session. So a web page will pop up requiring the user to log in and pay, or simply be on a timed session…
I build these systems for cafes and internet shops. This gives the business owner a fair chance to capitalize on the wifi. Free wifi is good, but not when you notice a drop in business profits.
Contact me if you are interested :)

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:00:35 +0000

Since I bought a new laptop with wi-fi I now visit a couple of coffee shops I have not in the past just to be able to get online. However, I know they provide this service so I will spend money in their place of business. And I do just that. It is so convenient to be able to go somewhere between meetings or tasks and get some personal time to research or just play that I am more than glad to spend my money with those merchants.

By: Janine

Janine — Sat, 28 May 2005 18:21:04 +0000

Hmmm…free wifi and people having their faces buried in their laptops for hours on end, not talking to each other anymore. Excuse me if that seems a little too obvious to me. I’ve been saying the same thing for what seems like years with computers taking away from people just being able to sit down and enjoy a normal conversation with another human being. Way before the days of free wifi. These coffee shop owners are just now figuring this out??? No. Not really. No one can possibly be that dumb.