The Giants will play in a field fully saturated with Wi-Fi, free to fans during 2004: SBC makes it count at home by combining their expensive naming rights to the Giants ballpark in San Francisco with its new FreedomLink Wi-Fi service. The park has 121 access points, and SBC is offering free service for 2004. Nortel is involved in the deployment, while Intel has verified the location for its Centrino branding.
I think this is a really cool idea. It’s certainly not a world-changer but I think it would be cool to be able to IM someone across the stadium during a game. But it really only makes sense to me if it’s free. I don’t see the service as something worth paying for.
And I agree with Wi-Fi Networking News’ statement :”If you want to increase peoples engagement, dont push at them, but provide them more ways to talk to each other.” That seems like a simple truth but how often do we really see it from so-called service providers.
Pete | 04-Apr-04 at 7:54 pm | Permalink
It’s a good idea, but they’re not first, as the Reuter’s article mentioned. I was browsing free Wi-Fi on my Pocket PC at Seahawks Stadium last season…
Michael | 04-Apr-04 at 8:50 pm | Permalink
That’s something I hadn’t thought of. You could totally check out other scores and news while you were at the game. That’s always a bummer when I’m at a game and I have to rely on the stadium scoreboard ticker to get updates.
This is getting cooler and cooler…