MORE WI-FI STRATEGIES
Buzz Bruggeman (again) points me to this pretty comprehensive San Francisco Chronicle survey article on the various strategies businesses are using to make money (or try to make money) with Wi-Fi. All could work. Or some. Or none. Trial and error is the only way to figure it out.
I'm blogging from the Westwood Borders, which proclaims itself "a t-Mobile hot spot," but has with no chairs, only OK t-Mobile reception (a neighboring network comes in stronger, but needs a password), and a balky server. It's a Not So Hot Spot, I'm afraid, though better than dial-up. Unfortunately, there's a conflict between the third places strategy and a substantial homeless population.