BarnesNoble now offers free broadband internet over Wi-Fi
July 28, 2009
Pity the poor local library. The world's biggest bookstore chain, Barnes & Noble, just announced it will offer free broadband internet access over Wi-Fi for anyone to use in its stores.
Through an agreement with broadband internet provider AT&T, free in-store Wi-Fi at Barnes & Noble locations nationwide will offer shoppers a chance to browse the web or download and preview any of 700,000 eBook titles and hundreds of thousands of public domain titles available from Google.
An existing AT&T Wi-Fi network at Barnes & Noble has been available to customers since 2005 for a fee. Now, anybody walking into a Barnes & Noble store can get free, unlimited access to the network.
As a part of the Wi-Fi offering, customers will soon be able to opt-in to receive personalized messages from Barnes & Noble such as a coupon to the in-store cafe, notices on an author book signing or details on where to find a new book release in their favorite genre, right on their Wi-Fi enabled devices when they enter the store.
Customers can also download free Barnes & Noble Apps giving them access to B&N's eBookstore or for browsing bestsellers, B&N Recommends lists, new releases or watching video interviews with authors.
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