Now Your Dog Poop Can Pay for WiFi

'Poo WiFi' heading to Mexico City's parks
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted May 6, 2012 2:42 PM CDT

Mexico City's parks are about to get wireless Internet—and a whole lot cleaner. Mexican Internet provider Terra is setting up stations where dog owners can deposit Fido's leavings in exchange for free WiFi, broadcast from bone-shaped routers, CNET reports. Need more time online? Give your dog a bigger breakfast, because a heavier deposit means more minutes. But don't try sneaking rocks into the machine: Terra plans to have poop police on the lookout. Click to learn how else dog poop is fueling the world. (More WiFi stories.)

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