Digital Maricopa

Tully’s is a coffee shop located in the Fry’s Marketplace.  Just inside the doors, near the floral area, you can sit down and have a cup of your favorite coffe drink while watching TV or just watching frugal shoppers walk by.  Coffee is decently priced and good. I decided to review the wireless setup at this little joint to see if it holds up to the traditional hype of a coffee shop.


Cost:  FREE!! It already beats some other coffee shops with their pay to play service.  Easily scoring a 4 here.


Ease of Use:  Connecting to the access point is easy. You just look for the Tully’s SSID and hook up. No secure connection to the system.  Little unsafe for a user, but still easy to use.  Score of a 4 here.


Speed of Service:  Here is the test of the three servers. The Service provider is Quest Communications.





 

Having one person on the service is speedy enough for very basic internet surfing. 2 and your pushing it. 3 and it gets pretty slow. Pings do get high though. Going with a 1 here since it is a very basic DSL connection.


Ambiance of the Area: Tully’s has three tables, a small bar near a wall, and a couch and two chairs around a coffee table with a TV. The setup is nice, but your in a grocery store. Also, you are very close to the electronics section so you will hear things like music videos on bunches of TVs, people complaining to the service counter, and lots of announcements for phone calls on line 1. I had a less noisy time at McDonalds. Definately a 2 here.


Totals:
Cost 4
Ease 4
Speed 1
Ambiance 2
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Final Score 11


Likes: Coffee!!
Dislikes: Noise. Slow internet speeds.


Probably good to use this for a quick read online while having a coffee. Nothing hard core. Do bring some earplugs unless your gonna watch some TV.