AT&T Waiting for Wi-Fi Rollout to Launch iPhone Access?

What AT&T and Apple are preparing for is an iPhone 2.0 fiesta! This will be a extravaganza with chips and salsa celebrating iPhone 2.0, the AT&T Wi-Fi, the SDK, the AppStore, and many more! Look for invitations in the mall soon. :)

I'm expecting it to be released at WWDC along with the iPhone, but that's just me.

The Starbucks closest to my house has an employee that also works at the Apple Store so we always talk Apple together. Today he said that the AT7T broadband is set up in the store but its not working for anyone (even via a laptop). He said he thinks they are having a lot of issues getting it working here. They still offer T-Mobile wireless too.

Open the box already! More pics please!

What other stores besides Starbucks are offering this free wi fi?

Open the box already! More pics please!

Too bad... sticker of doom is one the box ;p (run!!!)

Today he said that the AT7T broadband is set up in the store but its not working for anyone (even via a laptop). He said he thinks they are having a lot of issues getting it working here. They still offer T-Mobile wireless too.

I went to 1 of the 3 Starbuck's I'm in the middle of, and this is exactly the case. My phone joined "T-mobile" and when I selected "attwifi" I got a log-in page, but not the one we saw last week for my iPhone number. So while I guess both T-mobile and AT&T may be active at this particular location, they're not setup for the iPhone...yet. To be honest, I don't see why AT&T would enable this so close to the 3G launch without doing it at the launch to piggy-back on all it's publicity.

-Brian

What other stores besides Starbucks are offering this free wi fi?

As of now, Starbucks is the only one offering it at the moment, My store has had AT&T operational since january when they were first surveying the NY metro area. I've been checking the promo rollout sheets and letters we get in, and I'm almost positive that the free iPhone wifi will coincide with the free starbucks card perks free wifi. Ill post back if i find out any more info.

My local McDonald's is an AT&T hotspot and when the wifi was free for the iPhone our McDonald's had it available. So McDonald's and Starbucks are hotspots.

Oh no! Water damage on the box...maybe thats why these WiFi hotspots aren't working yet.

Plus, all you need is the phone number of someone with an iPhone and you can get all the free WiFi you want! I love it.