One mid-west farm has several high-tech communications features at work today getting world-wide attention! You see, Verizon Wireless is sponsoring Benton Farms’ quest to offer the world’s largest corn maze in Guinness Book of World Record's.
You can see a familiar face and slogan in the
54.428 acre maze open until November 1, 2009 at Benson Farms in Denton,
Nebraska. The sponsorship is not the only high-tech communications
link at the farm; the Benson family uses Twitter, text messages and
other social media to let visitors to the farm know about special
events and activities. You can visit the farm website at http://www.bensonfarms.com to
sign up for updates. 
Located
a short drive west of Lincoln, Nebraska, the record-setting corn
maze is a great place to get some fresh air, have some fun and
enjoy a piece of the "good life." The huge maze
holds 14.88 miles of trails in four phases ranging from easy to
moderately difficult. The easiest phase will require 10 to 20
minutes to navigate. The most difficult phase will require 45
to 120 minutes to navigate. One phase of the maze gets
haunted after dark on Friday and Saturday nights beginning October
9th.
Sponsorship of the maze is just one way Verizon is
reaching out to small firms. There are Verizon free Wi-Fi hot
spot access at more than 14,000 locations nationwide, available to
every Verizon business broadband customer. Free Verizon Wi-Fi
hot spot locations include hotels, airports, restaurants, coffee
shops, retailers, convention centers and public locations across
the U.S. For a complete list, visit
www.verizon.net/hotspots.
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