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Minute Maid Park: Surf for p*rn and stock quotes while watching the game

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  1. codell

    codell Contributing Member

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    AWESOME!

    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2658791

    Connected at the old ballgame
    Astros to offer WiFi service starting today
    By DAVID KAPLAN
    Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle

    The next time an Astros fan attends a "businessman's special" day game, it should be easier for him to fool his boss into believing he's still at work. That's because, starting today, spectators at Minute Maid Park can go online with their laptops.

    The availability of the high-speed wireless Internet access — known as "wireless fidelity," or WiFi — is the result of a partnership between the Houston Astros and Time Warner Cable-Houston.

    For $3.95, the user receives four hours of online access, provided the computer hardware is WiFi compatible. The user pays for the Road Runner service online with a credit card.

    WiFi lets fans get online from their seats without a plug-in.

    Time Warner spokeswoman Carrie Milbank said the Astros and Time Warner will share the revenue generated from WiFi service, but did not give a breakdown of the arrangement.

    The Astros may do more with WiFi, said Andrew Huang, Astros vice president of marketing.

    One possibility is offering users an online electronic scorecard.

    Another is to enable fans to order concessions online if it's feasible, Huang said, as well as provide instant replay, if Major League Baseball allows it.

    The Astros are not the first Major League Baseball team to offer WiFi, but they are among the pioneers.

    San Francisco's SBC Park, home of the Giants, has been offering WiFi service free of charge, at least for this season.

    david.kaplan@chron.com
     
    #1 codell, Jul 2, 2004
  2. MadMax

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    "p*rn quotes. i love you george costanza."
     
    #2 MadMax, Jul 2, 2004
  3. codell

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    please ....i don't think i can take any more gentle sobbing
     
    #3 codell, Jul 2, 2004
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    This is spectacular. I was just reading about how the Giants have this at Candlestick (or whatever the new park is called now), and I was so freakin' envious!
     
    #4 drapg, Jul 2, 2004
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    I would definately take my laptop to the game!! BAD @SS!!

    Get this in the Toyota Center and I will do chat pbp live from the freakin' games!!!!
     
    #5 rockHEAD, Jul 2, 2004
  6. sums41

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    now i can participate in game treads and be at the game at the same time.


    /I need to get a life i know.
     
    #6 sums41, Jul 3, 2004
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    Personally, i think it's BS they charge your 4 dollars.:mad:

    I'll just use my Nokia 6600 and surf the web using google or check my yahoo email for free. That is, if i go to a game not to watch baseball.:confused:
     
    #7 redgoose, Jul 3, 2004
  8. drapg

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    Well, you're paying for the service through your phone as well.

    It's the same thing. Why should it be free? If it was, they'd just raise ticket prices, screwing the people who don't care about this new innovation.
     
    #8 drapg, Jul 3, 2004
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    That's right...I'm for p*rn and stock quotes while watching the game. :p :rolleyes: :D
     
    #9 Surfguy, Jul 3, 2004
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    Actually, i only pay 5 dollars a month for unlmited internet access. It doesn't use my minutes either. Almost the same price i'd pay at 1 game.
     
    #10 redgoose, Jul 5, 2004
  11. NJRocket

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    I agree...granted I don't think I'd ever bring a laptop to a ball game, but if you can sit in an airport lounge or a hotel (where they charge you for everything imaginable) and use free wireless, then there is no reason why you should have to pay for this at a ballgame.
     
    #11 NJRocket, Jul 5, 2004
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