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April 30, 2004 Archive

April 30, 2004

Peanuts, Cracker Jack, and Wi-Fi

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The San Francisco Giants' SBC Park, home to Barry Bonds, McCovey Cove and gourmet garlic fries, has a new attraction: free wireless Internet.

The Giants, along with SBC Communications, Intel and other corporate partners, have installed 121 high speed Wireless Internet access points. The stadium is one giant Wi-Fi hot spot.

schlough2.jpg San Francisco Giants Chief Information Officer Bill Schlough goes Wi-Fi on his handheld computer at SBC Park. (MPR Photo by Jon Gordon)

Fans with laptops or handeld computers can log on to the Giants network to get baseball video, stats, scores from around the league, and interactive games. The can check their e-mail or visit any site on the Web.

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