Why We Need Starbucks and Singapore Doesn’t

By Parag and Ayesha Khanna - Starbucks recently announced free Internet access in all its 11000+ stores and franchised locations across the US. McDonalds announced a similar deal last year. Free wi-fi means more in the US than it does in countries in Europe or Asia: we pay higher fees for grazing the Web, and our access speed is relatively slow. Broadband costs four times as much and is four...