AT&T provides iPhone Hotspot Access

AT&T will soon enable all iPhone users with AT&T phone accounts in good standing to obtain free access to WiFi hotspots at Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, UPS Stores, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and hopefully McDonald’s as well in the future. This is definitely a good thing, since it will greatly increase the usage of the iPhone’s WiFi capability, not to mention helping subscribers make up their minds as to which store they’ll head to whenever they go out. With the 3G iPhone touted to be announced this summer, free WiFi access won’t be too much of a big deal then I suspect.