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December 16th, 2009, 10:50
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If you live in small-town America then you're already familiar with the hippest hangout around: McDonald's. Now everyone in the US, not just Zune owners (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/new-zune-16gb-colors-free-mcdonalds-wifi/), will be treated to free WiFi to go with their manufactured food purchases. Starting mid-January, some 11,000 Mickey Dee locations will partner with AT&T to scrub the $2.95 for 2-hours of WiFi fee according to David Grooms, CIO of McDonalds USA. The idea is to hook the nation's loitering youth into purchasing additional items in between Facebook updates capturing late-night brawls with local rent-a-cops. Thank gawd there's a middle-aged man-clown out there who likes to babysit children.McDonalds WiFi will be free like obesity starting January (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/mcdonalds-wifi-will-be-free-like-obesity-in-january/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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If you live in small-town America then you're already familiar with the hippest hangout around: McDonald's. Now everyone in the US, not just Zune owners (http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/16/new-zune-16gb-colors-free-mcdonalds-wifi/), will be treated to free WiFi to go with their manufactured food purchases. Starting mid-January, some 11,000 Mickey Dee locations will partner with AT&T to scrub the $2.95 for 2-hours of WiFi fee according to David Grooms, CIO of McDonalds USA. The idea is to hook the nation's loitering youth into purchasing additional items in between Facebook updates capturing late-night brawls with local rent-a-cops. Thank gawd there's a middle-aged man-clown out there who likes to babysit children.McDonalds WiFi will be free like obesity starting January (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/mcdonalds-wifi-will-be-free-like-obesity-in-january/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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