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\"WSJ\"<\/a>A story<\/a> on the front page of the Wall Street Journal<\/a> caught my eye yesterday. It talks about the concerns that coffee shops are having about their internet access policies.<\/p>\n

Many people set up temporary offices in places with public WiFi access and use the real estate for hours at a time for the cost of a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

I remember a decade ago advising a property management company on the risks associated with enabling free WiFi in their food court – a space that already had challenges providing sufficient seating. How would the business model work? It isn’t the communications link that is expensive; the issue is the opportunity cost of a table that isn’t generating revenue.<\/p>\n

Is this the start of a serious trend to inhibit free access? <\/p>\n

In the meantime, find a way to compensate the owners for use of their space – buy an extra sandwich or muffin and give it to that homeless person you passed on the way in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A story on the front page of the Wall Street Journal caught my eye yesterday. It talks about the concerns that coffee shops are having about their internet access policies. Many people set up temporary offices in places with public WiFi access and use the real estate for hours at a time for the cost …<\/p>\n

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