First 802.11 Wireless Movie Theater?

vern@austin802.11.com writes: "Imagine being able to IRC someone to pass the popcorn! The Austin Wireless Group has helped establish what may well be the country's first Wireless Enabled Theatre. The Alamo Draft House movie theater in Austin, Texas now has 802.11b wireless broadband Internet access that covers all screens in their complex. This "retrofit" theater had every other row replaced with tables and offers dinner and drinks with the show. So, you can park your laptop, order a burger/beer, then email in a movie review all w/o disturbing your fellow patrons. Cool! :)"

Comments

Re:I think _I_ would be disturbed.

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For years in Cambridge near MIT there was a small alternative cinema called Off-the-Wall. You'd order your stuff before the movie and sit at little cafe tables. It wasn't a distraction at all. Of course once the movie is running, people weren't hopping up to get food; by analogy these folks should probably cut off wireless LAN access during the actual movie.

It's pretty clear this outfit is trying to merge two different kinds of institutions: the cafe/cinema and the Internet cafe. Frankly, I don't think this is a winner because you go to one to take part in a communal experience and the other to swill coffee with your nose in a your laptop.