Comcast Business, which has sponsored the backbone bandwidth to many sports arenas, announced that it has installed a new 3-gigabit fiber backbone to the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies’ FedExForum, which will support the already-existing fan-facing Wi-Fi network at the stadium.
According to our past research, the FedExForum Wi-Fi used to be supported by a wide-area wireless link provided by Ubiquiti, the firm that Grizzlies owner Robert Pera is CEO of. We are guessing here but we suspect that the fan-facing Wi-Fi will soon have a new SSID name of xfinitywifi, the SSID used by Comcast in other arenas where it provides backbone services.
Though we haven’t updated our specific information since our original report, news reports today claiming that Comcast is supplying Wi-Fi to FedExForum for the first time are incorrect. According to Comcast, under the new deal Comcast will also provide internet service and other communications services for the team’s front office operations.
