Panera bread locations that have Wifi (not all do), while free, still might come with a price - two prices, in fact: 
     1: privacy/security - you can forget about it, they track every website you go to and 
     2: site blocking; one in particular I found rather odd is the blocking of livevideo.com - as they are one of the few from the "ustream/sitckam/blogtv" crowd that actually has an always-defaulted-on Family "Friendly" button! 
     The problem I find here is that Panera isn't actually checking these blocked sites for contraband, other than perhaps for keywords; such as "twogirlsonecup!".  Well, we all know that 99% of those sites are reaction videos and (thanlfully, yet how would I know) not the "real McCoy" - or is it MacCoy?  How Dare You, Panera?  You need to lighten up or you may find your free access go the way of the dodo.
     And, btw, they also block Anonymizer.com - go figure.
     Public Access?  Net Neutrality?  Can anybody say "throttling"?
Confidence? Damn right!
This blog is imbued with "ada-quada-quacity", strives to be most oxymoronic, and ultimately of high opinion!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Panera Bread, Heavy, but light on WiFi
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