Thanks to the advent of smartphones, tablets, laptops and the other countless web-connected gadgets, it's pretty much guaranteed that anytime you have a large gathering of people in one place, the cell phone and Wi-Fi networks are going to take a beating. Though many event organizers will make every effort to bolster the networks in order to cope with the extra demand, they're not always successful. This year, at SXSW in Austin, Texas, one marketing company tried to help out those in need of a Wi-Fi connection in a very unconventional way: They turned homeless people into Wi-Fi hotspots.
2DayBlog.com, Homeless people turned into walking Wi-Fi hotspots
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