Starbucks Hotspot changing to AT&T from T-Mobile

A manager at one of my favorite hang-outs here in Santee told me the other day that Starbucks is going to change over from T-Mobile to AT&T for the wireless hotspot service.

These news articles appear to verify that story, but I did see some contrary articles out there.

Wall Street Journal

Wired News

ZDNet News

Washington Post

I don't mind the change, because it will save me about $50.00 a month not having to have both (I frequent Barnes and Nobel as well), so that is good, but AT&T has always been the inferior of the two services to me. First of all I can't use my POP account on Gmail with it (have to go to the GMail web site to send out mail), and the service cuts you off after an hour or so, requiring you to log back in, which is a pain when you are downloading large files (like videos from clients who need them edited the next day).

Of course, since I'm homeless right now in Santee, I probably use the services much more than the average person, and I certainly stress them much more than the average person because of my various trades. So my complaints may not be incidents which you may notice is your usage.

Something I have noticed however, is that T-Mobile hasn't bothered to send anything to me regarding this switch over.