Turnpike, SBC to show new Internet tie at plaza

4/14/2005

Travelers on the Ohio Turnpike will be able to read e-mail and surf the Web at 10 locations along the toll road after wireless Internet access is made available.

The Ohio Turnpike Commission and SBC Communications Inc. will demonstrate the Wi-Fi access at the Great Lakes Service Plaza tomorrow, along with announcing more specific plans for its installation at concession, fueling, and parking areas of service plazas. The Great Lakes Plaza is three miles west of the I-77 turnpike interchange near Cleveland.