The Wifi Slugfest Over Portland's PGE Park

tomwhore writes "Portland's community wireless networking group, Personal Telco Project (PTP), recently knocked one into the ball park with a new WiFi node. The new node covers the area around and inside of Portland's PGE Ballpark. While free internet access would be welcome by most, PGE Park managers are not happy. They recently cut a deal giving Comcast exclusive rights to do up their networking. 'This is our stadium, and we run the communications for it,' said Chris Metz, a PGE Park spokesman. To find out more about the impact of the PTPs latest home run check out this article in the Oregonian and over at the PTP's website." Let's hope the park also puts a Faraday cage around the whole park to ensure radio silence.

Comments

Stupid story

[isoga]

There's no argument here except the ball park didnt like the press release implying that they were involved in the WiFi when they're not.

Slashdot is getting pretty poor recently. More and more like the sensationalist British tabloids. Anyone recommend a better place for my tech news?

dave
www.davidgoodwin.net

Leave it home, dumbass

[switcha]

I've been to the park a handful of times, and it's a great, historically restored park. Tons of tradition, and good ol' fashioned 'ballparkness'.

If you can't leave your stupid wireless equipped laptop for enough time to enjoy an evening at the park, have a beer and a dog, then I pity you. Not that I think the park has a leg to stand on here, but those on the other side obviously know nothing about what going to the park is all about.