Starbucks serves up BT Openzone – good news for iPhones, too

By Paul Smith

picture 151 Starbucks serves up BT Openzone good news for iPhones, too Hey you! Yes, you! Are you a corporate whore? Can you not get through the day without a cup of overpriced coffee and your over-priced, under-performing iPhone pushing nonsense into your brain? Then good news! The Register reports that beginning this week BT will be begin replacing T-Mobile as wifi providers for Starbucks in the UK and Ireland.

The deal will run for five years, with over 650 hotspots forming part of the BT Openzone network. Thanks to an existing wifi deal with O2, iPhone users will be able to get access at Starbucks, at faster speeds available than currently offered by 3G. Once the rollout has been completed, O2 dongle subscribers will also get bundled Openzone access.

A win for both BT customers and O2 network users then, and iPhone users will be able to put their Go Grande app to good use, too. It’s like all your Christmases come at once.

[The Register]

Tags: bt, bt openzone, iphone, o2, starbucks, t-mobile, wifi
Posted in News, tech April 20th, 2009 | 5 Comments

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5 Responses to “Starbucks serves up BT Openzone – good news for iPhones, too”

Posted by Hummy | April 20th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

T-Mobile were asking for £5 for an hours usage!!!
Posted by Dan | April 20th, 2009 at 7:29 pm

Fucking A.

I’m never going home again.
Posted by jeff | April 20th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

Tis funny, I always got free access through Starbucks for years, with my Openzone account anyway, through the ‘Wifi partners’ bit…
Posted by Alan | April 21st, 2009 at 2:56 am

To draw in the customers these places really need to provide free wi-fi anyway. Like McDonalds have started doing.
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