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SBC Park Plans A Giant 802.11 Hotspot
Numeric writes "Baseball games won't be as boring at SBC Park, home of the San Fransico Giants, because they are offering "one of the largest hotspots", according to this Yahoo article.
SBC Communications provides DSL and wireless connectivity to business and consumers. I wonder if Minute Maid Park will offer free orange juice or even better Citizen Ball Park could offer free money! Its nice to see the staduim sponsor offering more than just the name sake of their business."
LostCluster writes "The San Jose Business Journal adds the details that the WiFi access will be called SBC's Freedom Link, and and be based on 121 access points spread across the park. Access will be free during the 2004 season, but will cost $7.95 per day or $19.95 per month starting next year."
Hehe, for all those sitting in the very back top rows, now you can watch the game on real player and actually see something.
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Go canucks, habs, and sens!
You know a sport is boring when...
Some businessman is going to get smacked in the face by a foul line drive, and sue the ball park because he was using his laptop on their wi-fi connection and didn't see it coming.
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
hmmm so we will see more geeks and nerds at the SF Giants games????
What is next??? Geek in gyms???
I am here for the bandwidth.
Consensus is good, but informed dictatorship is better
How are people going to do "The Wave" with a laptop on your lap?
Free Beer?
"It's a very tangled subsystem." --Windows kernel guru
Any word on Hooters sponsoring a baseball stadium? Just so long as they don't bring their cameras...
the WiFi access will be called SBC's Freedom Link
Previous name considerations included, "SBC's French Link". Though this name was later changed under public and Congressional pressures.
Naw, they're too busy searching you and confiscating bottled water and peanut butter sandwiches. Got to worry about terrorism, you know.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
I paid $50 for a seat at a baseball park so I can play Unreal Tournament with 50,000 other people.
You've got to do SOMTHING till the berr sets in and makes the game watchable. May as well look at porn.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Scoreboard?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
With this milestone reached at last, the WiFi enabled hotdog, and the USB-enabled beer mug are not far behind.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
You may say I'm a dreamer, but in the future, fans will be allowed to stay home and access the internet with a computer whilst listening to the game on the radio for free.
SBC Park Plans A Giant 802.11 Hotspot
I don't want to spoil their fairytale, but I don't think giants are the right group to target for 802.11 hotspots.
They don't like all this modern technology.
Actually at Citizen Ball Park, if you buy a $3 beer, the vendor notifies you of a $2 transaction fee, and asks if you want to continue.
The Giants could be making a huge mistake. MMORPG's are pretty popular among baseball players. Guys like Doug Glanville and Curt Shilling are big time Everquest players, and Star Wars Galaxies is pretty popular as well.
I can see it now. Instead of 7 guys in the bullpen bs'ing around and trying to look interested, you'll have the entire Giant's rotation staring at laptops trying to powerlevel.
"Johnson, get warmed up, you're going in next inning"
"But coach, if I go in, where are the guys gonna get another level 25 human paladin to tank?"
There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.
Yes, we all know how baseball lends itself to be heavily broken down statistically, but do we really need statistics like:
Ooh, the numbers are staggering.
America's pasttime, my ass.
s'wut i sed.