Video: Homeless hired as wireless hotspots

A marketing company paid homeless people in Austin, Texas, to become walking Internet connections. NBC?s Brian Williams reports.

>>> the cost of good intentions on display in austin, texas. right now, the annual south by southwest festival is going on, always one of the great reasons to visit austin. and a marketing company had what it thought was a good idea to hire homeless people and make them portable 4g wireless hot spots, walking internet connections. they got paid, but still it rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way. it sounded to them like exploitation. the experiment, as the company called it, is over for the moment.

Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46725595/

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