Starbucks Switches to Free AT&T Wi-Fi

February 11, 2008 By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Starbucks Corp. and AT&T Inc. will start offering a mix of free and paid wireless Internet service in most of the international coffee retailer's U.S. shops, beginning this spring. The move announced Monday ends a six-year partnership T-Mobile, which did not include free Wi-Fi and charged higher fees than AT&T will.

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