True, but how many people (apart from journos, who are almost certainly going to already have a separate wifi network provided) really need to be using their laptops to communicate from within the Olympic site? If you want to tweet or whatever, the chances are that you'll already have a smartphone with you that you can do that from.
The NBC debacle is a big deal, and if I was American it would have a big impact on my enjoyment. But this is vastly different, and I'm not finding my enjoyment affected one bit by this ban (I doubt that I will be bothered when I'm down there next week either).
If you're coming from a foreign country, you've probably got a foreign phone/data contract, and probably don't want to be streaming huge amounts of data over it at roaming rates.
The NBC debacle is a big deal, and if I was American it would have a big impact on my enjoyment. But this is vastly different, and I'm not finding my enjoyment affected one bit by this ban (I doubt that I will be bothered when I'm down there next week either).