Truck Stops Get Wireless Internet

Posted by simoniker on Monday June 16, 2003 @06:10AM from the gonna-roll-this-truckin-convoy dept.

Makarand writes "According to SFGate.com, a company called IdleAire Technologies are building high-tech truck stops to provide drivers with air-conditioning, television, Internet access and phone service in truck cabs, so that they can turn off their engines. Trucks will pull into bays, where flexible tubes ending in vents for hot or cold air, and touch sensitive screens for Internet access can be pulled inside the truck's cab. There's also a separate wireless Internet option, where drivers don't have to pull into the bays. The basic services provided cost less than the fuel spent in idling a truck."

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Re:Drive-ins by GiMP · 2003-06-16 06:17 · Score: 0, Offtopic

There is still a drive near Scranton, PA in Dickson City. There used to be one near Philadelphia, but I think they closed it about 6 years ago.
OT: Weird Al! by bravehamster · 2003-06-16 06:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!

Ahh, I was thinking of changing my sig to this exact same thing! Weird Al is a genius among men, not just French people. And lucky me, my fiancee bought us tickets to see him in concert this sunday at CalPoly. Woo! Just thought I'd share that with you.

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