Panera says eventually, 1,000 hot spots; for now, 60 and then 70: The Panera Bread Company has equipped 70 stores with free hot spots and another 60 will be unwired by year's end. Eventually, they plan to unwire all 1,000 locations.
Folks have written in that QGO is behind the unwiring. They're apparently running a Vivato antenna in a test in the Newport, Rhode Island, area.
I think QGO of Rhode Island is involved.
http://www.goqgo.com/default.asp
Yup, check http://www.qgo.biz/panera/index.cfm
See www.panerabread.com/wifi for a list of locations that have service available.
I'm posting this from Panera in Farmington Hills, MI. Everything works as advertised, though the service is not compatible with Safari. See fmcpherson.weblogger.com for more info.
Just posted to my blog about this. I've been using Panera's connection in Mishawaka IN since APRIL!!!! I love it and everything works perfectly on my PowerBook...