I’ve never been a big fan of McDonald’s, but something I read today might be big enough to change my mind. I was bored at work so I picked up a business magazine that’s lying on a file cabinet behind me. There was an article in there about McDonald’s offering wireless Internet in all of their stores in Taiwan. The article (seeing as how it is in a business magazine) dealt mostly with the logistics of setting up the network, and didn’t say much about the U.S.
Inquisitive minds want to know, so I quickly Googled “McDonald’s Wireless Internet” and lo and behold, there are several U.S. locations that already offer wi-fi connections for laptop users with wireless capabilities. They are in major metropolitan areas (of course) such as Chicago and New York, but it is also available in Seattle (one more reason to move there). You can find more information at mcdwireless.com.
I guess I may be a little slow in realizing all this though, since according to some articles I read (like this one), Starbucks has had wi-fi in most of their U.S. stores for some time now.
I was wasting some time surfing the internet (hard to believe I know) and I found a list of the ten most expensive US cities to live in (on soyouwanna.com) and Seattle was number TEN.
I don’t know how reliable soyouwanna is (and I really don’t feel like wasting more time searching for proof) I just thought I’d share that little tidbit of information with you before you decide to move there.![[Smiley Face]](http://www.joeyday.com/images/emosmile.gif)
Thanks a lot. Now I’m hungry.
I have nothing against Seattle (in fact, I would kinda like to live there someday). However, I feel that moving there simply because they have wifi in their mcdonalds (or starbucks for that matter) could possibly be the stupidest reason.
Nothing personal there, I just think that would be a waste of money.