McDonald’s to Offer Free Wireless Internet – WSJ.com
Posted By RichC on December 15, 2009
McDonald’s Corp. will soon start offering free wireless Internet access at its U.S. restaurants as part of the fast-food chain’s transformation from its hamburger roots into a hang-out destination.
Starting in mid-January, McDonald’s will lift a $2.95 fee that it had charged customers for two hours of wireless Internet access, available at about 11,000 of its 14,000 domestic locations, McDonald’s USA Chief Information Officer David Grooms said in an interview.
The free access comes under a partnership with AT&T Inc., which provides McDonald’s stores with wireless Internet. Mr. Grooms wouldn’t discuss financial details of the arrangement, nor would he say how much McDonald’s earned from such charges.
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