Coke Testing Free WiFi on South African Vending Machines

If you’ve ever thought soda machines are lazy, just sitting there, throwing Coke at you, then you’ll be happy to learn these hippies are finally going to be more productive.

In South Africa, Coca Cola teamed up with BT Global Services to make WiFi accessible from Coca Cola machines.

That means South Africans would no longer have to sit in a Starbucks for their WiFi, listening to jazz while hipsters argue over how many pumps of caramel they want in their macchiatos. Now they can awkwardly sit by a Coke machine and surf the web while passersby stare and wonder what they’re doing.

The Atlanta Business Chronicle said this move was made to “bring WiFi to impoverished communities in South Africa.” There you go. The impoverished communities might not have a plate of food to eat every night, but at least Coke is doing its best to make sure Facebook is more easily accessible.

They’re only testing two machines as of now, and they were placed near heavily populated areas so the WiFi usage can be maximized.

Free WiFi’s always good, but this sounds like one of the first steps to the rise of the machines.

H/T Atlanta Business Journal, PicThx BLD in MT