Comments on: Wall Street Journal offers free Wi-Fi in NYC and San Francisco http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/24/wall-street-journal-offers-free-wifi-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/ The economics of digital content Thu, 23 May 2013 10:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Mytton http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/24/wall-street-journal-offers-free-wifi-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/#comment-135813 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:33:41 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=216884#comment-135813 Public wifi is an interesting marketing tool. Before the London Olympics, Virgin Media rolled out free wifi at major London Underground stations[1]. On connecting, you had to view a Virgin Media splash page before being able to browse.

This will soon become a paid service but will continue to be free for subscribers of Virgin Media’s home broadband services. Seems like a good marketing campaign to make everyone start using the service and provide a reason for them to switch at home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17373523

]]> By: Tsahi Levent-Levi http://paidcontent.org/2012/08/24/wall-street-journal-offers-free-wifi-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/#comment-134949 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:43:48 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=216884#comment-134949 So now a newspaper is going to be my WiFi provider? I’d rather stay with one of the other proponents: blogs.amdocs.com/voices/2012/08/14/who-will-win-the-wifi-olympics/

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