Are laptop users hogging Wi-Fi, tables ruining Toronto coffee shops?

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With more people logging onto the Internet also comes a dilemma for coffee shops — to give their customers free Wi-Fi at the same time ensuring the laptop crowd don’t hog space all day.


In Toronto, many of the big-chain and independent coffee shops say WiFi users lingering for hours is rarely a problem, but most nonetheless have policies in place in case they need to, ever so politely, clear the table.

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With people nursing a coffee over 2 hours. I can't understood how free Wi-Fi makes these places any money. I don't think they get more people and without it turn around is much faster. I've left a coffee shop because all the tables were taken by singular people with computers or books sprawled on the table.
 
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sounds like a no brainer. there is a reasonable limitation to how long a person can have a table. post it as a store policy on the wall, the enforce it during peak demand hours.
 
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with the number of people rushing through Timmies, it shouldn't be a problem...if they don't offer wifi, it might become a problem for people who need to work for a bit

not my thing to sit in a coffee shop but I know people who meet there daily before work for an hour or two...that's a guaranteed customer base
 
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First time I used wifi at a starbucks was about five years ago. If I recall correctly there was a time limit for each person online of about an hour or two. Once that time was up the internet stopped working for the day. They could always do that again. The only reason I go to starbucks or other such places is for the wifi but I generally do not stay long. An hour is my average though sometimes it will be as little as ten minutes. If there was no wifi I would not go at all. I assume quite a few others would stop going as well.
 
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Locutus said:
With more people logging onto the Internet also comes a dilemma for coffee shops — to give their customers free Wi-Fi at the same time ensuring the laptop crowd don’t hog space all day.


In Toronto, many of the big-chain and independent coffee shops say WiFi users lingering for hours is rarely a problem, but most nonetheless have policies in place in case they need to, ever so politely, clear the table.

gtfo

Free Wi-Fi gets tricky for businesses | Toronto Star
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Seem like a lot of people need to "get a life"!
 
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We used to have big complaints like that here in Gopherland - but once the Twin Cities became wired for wifi our libraries became the biggest hot spots. Some companies such as coin operated laundries and even auto repair services have that as well. Now the coffee shops are no longer as crowded or as popular as they used to be.
 
petros

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I used to wonder why kids were lurking around the school across the way at all hours of the night then I noticed they were using gadgets and it dawned on me. It doesn't matter if it's 5am in a blizzard. There they are gadgeting away.
 
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petros said:
I used to wonder why kids were lurking around the school across the way at all hours of the night then I noticed they were using gadgets and it dawned on me. It doesn't matter if it's 5am in a blizzard. There they are gadgeting away.
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It's a sickness!

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And sometimes thought about in even less. :)
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There's a term for it......................banter! -:)
 
Praxius

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8OOh the horror, the degradation. eh. :dontknow:
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"1st World Problem" was my first thought.


Gee, there's a real problem with hipster Macbook users sipping their Mocha Chai Late Grande Alfredos while writing their screenplays that nobody will ever see. Guess their lame attempts at making themselves seem sophisticated might be cutting into the profits of the businesses that enable their BS in the first place.


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gopher

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Praxius said:
"1st World Problem" was my first thought.


Gee, there's a real problem with hipster Macbook users sipping their Mocha Chai Late Grande Alfredos while writing their screenplays that nobody will ever see. Guess their lame attempts at making themselves seem sophisticated might be cutting into the profits of the businesses that enable their BS in the first place.


Amount of Sh*t Given?


Zero.
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Dunno why people are so willing to use these laptops in public as it is said there's a big risk involved - I've heard others can easily tap into your online conversations and steal vital information. Small wonder why there is so much identity theft nowadays.
 
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