http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
McWiFi; you've clogged your arteries, now clog the tubes.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/I don't know why any restaurants still charge for wifi? It makes perfect sense that the longer you keep your customers within rangfe the more stuff they'll buy.

If I owned a business I'd make customers so damned comfortable they'd never want to leave.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/08/DDKR1B2GRN.DTL]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
The headline startled me. I had a moment of "Oh yeah, that's right, McDonald's--yeah, they're technically restaurants, I guess."

Whatever. As long as I can haz my McFlurry....too bad the damn ice cream machines are always broken.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Actually, there are two business models for restaurants. One that keeps people there, and one that pushes them away. McDonalds follows one that pushes them away, whereas a restaurant like Applebees keeps them in. Its all about the rate at which you turn tables and how much each table makes.

Its rather fascinating, and something you may want to consider reading more into. I won't go into anymore in a simple comment.]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Awesome! Now I can use Mikie D's for something other then a bathroom. ]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Fatass 2.0 now dowloading..............]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 16th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
I + ranked you because your avatar is awesome, just like mine!]]>Jan 16th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 16th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 16th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 17th 2010 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Around here at least, mcdonalds wifi sucks ass. I switched back to 3g because it was faster.

There were not alot of people there either.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/What do you do if you're on the first or second corner though?]]>Jan 16th 2010 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/I believe the term is shit outta luck]]>Jan 16th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Think the stuff wont tell you anything even if you come and sit down to surf the web on a clear table. In Russia they don't bother at all even if there is no free place for people to eat.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
You mean quote.

Jesus.

]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Nah, I meant quotes. But thanks to Capt. Red Pen, the internets are safe! Glad you keep your cape on, even on Friday nights. Thanks again, Capt. Red Pen, you're my hero!!


Ass.]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=air+quotes&l=1

And it's Saturday morning, in the office being paid to browse Engadget actually.]]>Jan 16th 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/]]>Jan 16th 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Good luck with that, they usually do good job only work wifi in the resturant, unless you are in drive way or in the door hard to get any signal.]]>Jan 15th 2010 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Honduras: 112,492 square kilometers]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Russia: 17,075,400 square kilometers
Guess what? :)]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
50% of the population of Hondoras is below poverty level.

Unemployment is 27%.

How many people do you think have the ability to use that wifi?
]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
You don't have to tell me about the poverty there. And you would be surprised at the amount of wifi enabled cell phones and laptops. Even in the poorest of areas. And since they can't use it by your statement, why do all the restaurants have it, and it's new to us when we get it?

All I'm saying is that other parts of the world, including third world countries, this is the norm. We are behind.]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
USA GDP: 14.4 trillion USD

Russia GDP: 1.6 trillion USD

Right back at ya ;)]]>Jan 15th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/I know. So its even stranger why free wifi in every hole, WiMAX and 3G (excluding Moscow which will have it this year 'cause before the military used 3G frequencies for their shit) is normal in our relatively poor country, but not in your relatively rich.

And yes, we have nuclear weapons tie, so let's cool down before WW3 started :) (by the way just read crazy russian analyst who argue that Russia and the USA will start the war this summer, dunno how long this guy played MW2 before writing about this)]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Dude, I know, I read about that guy...I think there would be a US-China fight before a US-Russia fight, though. Back on topic:

USA population: 308 million

Russia population: 141 million, and SHRINKING :P heh heh]]>Jan 15th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
Cool, dude, I thought he's articles available only in Russia.
I'm sure sure there won't be either Russia-US or China-US war. The WW2 killed almost 100 million. They're not SO stupid to kill EVEROBODY with current technology. I hope so...
And yes, by the way there is a problem for US-China war with Chinese weapons - they are nice, but anyway this guys won't have technological parity with US for decades... they still have to buy the most complicated parts (jet engines, for example) in Russia... And yes, even their copy of AK sucks 'cause they use regular steel for it, not the supercool-soviet-ultra-secret-steel that we use (and yes, they're not paying for licence so all their millions of AKs are pirated).
I hope there will be everybody - North Korea war, 'cause we must stop what's happening there. Thet's so bad my country, having pretty nice military power (not as yours for now, I admit) won't help South Korea, Japan and US in this case... as well as China won't...
]]>Jan 16th 2010 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/About old infrastructure you're right, I think this is the right question :)
I was in US, and can tell you that our McDonald's always was much much more popular there, then yours (cause we have just about 200-300 of them for now, not 14 000). So, in Russia they had even less reason to offer free wi-fi there.
About second sale there is a problem: if you're alone you have to take your laptop, come to buy wht you want and then return (just to find out that your place is already occupied) 'cause you won't leave your laptop on the table in McDonald's, I guess (as for me I accidentally left Iphone there one time and as far as i'm a no-iphone man since that day I won't for sure, in starbucks - yes, but not in McDonald's).
And, if you're NOT alone i bet you won't sit staring in your laptop.
There is a possibility of more FIRST sales I think: I mean people who will come to do something in the web and then buy somthing.]]>Jan 16th 2010 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
If population density had that much to do with speed, availability, and cost of internet access, NYC should have some of the fastest, most widely available, and least expensive internet access in the world.]]>Jan 16th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/
i know, right? i was about to mention my two years in Costa Rica! personally, i feel like all of North America is out to rip me off at every turn because Canada's no better.

also, Airports need to get it together because this Boingo crap isn't working.]]>Jan 16th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/mcdonalds-starts-dishing-out-free-wifi-at-most-of-its-u-s-rest/Jan 15th 2010 7:24PM