Tulsa Area Burger Kings Now Offering Wireless Internet Access

TULSA, OK November 11, 2003 - Recent Burger King advertisements tell how The Fires Ready." Now at Tulsa area BK locations, the wireless Internet is ready for its customers as well. A recent partnership with a nationwide Wi-Fi provider, Thinwires, provides consumers the opportunity to check email and surf the web while eating a Whopper.

TULSA, OK November 11, 2003 - Recent Burger King advertisements tell how The Fires Ready." Now at Tulsa area BK locations, the wireless Internet is ready for its customers as well. A recent partnership with a nationwide Wi-Fi provider, Thinwires, provides consumers the opportunity to check email and surf the web while eating a Whopper. Starting this week, select stores will become Wi-Fi hotspots", offering high-speed wireless Internet access to anyone with an 802.11 capable device such as a laptop computer or PDA. The 802.11 technology used to provide the service sends an Internet connection through the air, comparable to the way cordless phones work. Instant access to the service is purchased through BK Wi-Fi Meal Pass cards, which are available for 99¢ when ordering a Burger King meal.

Max Felton, CEO and Rick Verity, President of Pamax Management, Inc., which owns and operates the Burger King stores see the addition of Wi-Fi as an exciting new opportunity for Tulsa. Now people in Tulsa not only have places to use wireless Internet devices, they can be on the Internet in a friendly, public place while enjoying a good meal," said Verity. Imagine instant messaging with your friends, but theyre stuck at home at a desk while youre eating at one of our Wi-Fi locations."

The first Tulsa area Burger King locations offering wireless Internet access are 8310 E. 71st Street, and 10728 E. 81st Street. Burger King is great for the people on the go," said Mike Kasprzyk, Thinwires CEO. With the addition of wireless Internet theyre extending even more convenience and efficiency to their patrons." The companies are currently discussing plans to extend the service into additional Pamax Burger King locations. Statistics currently show roughly 5 million U.S. Wi-Fi users but this number is expected to surge to 31 million by 2007. No doubt many of this tech-savvy group will now be satiated Tulsans enjoying a meal while using a Meal Pass.

Pamax Management, Inc. is the owner and operator of 30 Burger King restaurants.

Thinwires, LLC is a nationwide provider of wireless networking services.