wifi for a stranded brit

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

a friend of mine from london is temporarily stranded in boston on account of the volcano (she was trying to get home from a work trip in indiana, and the plane turned around because it couldn't land in dublin) and she has to get online to do some work while she's here. in the interests of her not having to hang out in my house all week, where can she go that's got free/low cost wifi where she can sit for a couple of hours without being hassled? i already mentioned the diesel and the blue shirt cafe and starbucks - i think she's going to the diesel today - and she'll be reimbursed so she doesn't mind having to pay for it. it has to be walking distance or accessible by public transportation, but she's not confined to greater davis square.

help?

(i'm not sure how to tag this. i went with "wifi".)

Comments

[masswich.livejournal.com]

True Grounds wifi isn't free any more. The will give you one free hour after you pay for an hour (although when I was there I only needed it for an hour so I didn't figure out how to get my free hour.)

Its too bad but I can't say I blame them. Its annoying when every table is taken up by someone with a computer pretending they are not done with their coffee by leaving one sip left in it for 3 hours and running an office out of there. I am a reluctant supporter of paid wifi at coffee shops to reduce the "office" look of them.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

It would be a lot less of a problem if people would share their tables at cafes. I have no idea why it's socially verboten to ask "may I share this table" when one person is taking up a whole 4-top table. If I owned a cafe I would make sharing a rule during high traffic hours.

[ron_newman]

I've never heard of it being verboten -- what happens when you ask?

If all tables are full, I don't see it even being necessary to ask.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Eek! Thanks for the update. Still love their coffee! :)