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On Tue, 24 May 2005 14:54:14 +0000, John Richards wrote:
> "Paul Miner" <pminer@elrancho.invalid> wrote in message news:f6h59190n6cqt65tm5f3sns53nh00s8td9@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 23 May 2005 17:22:40 -0400, "Al Ginsburg"
>> <alginsb@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>>What's the latest on wireless broadband? I saw the post about airports but
>>>don't see what good that does except for airport employees.
>>
>> Not everyone at the airport is an airport employee. Some of them are
>> actually traveling...
>
> I was traveling recently, and decided to try out the WiFi on my PDA
> at several airports. All I could get were T-Mobile hotspots. Looks like
> T-Mobile has the airport WiFi business pretty well sewed up.
I travel around a lot and it is usually a 50/50 chance wither or not an
airport has wifi access. After that maybe then only 50% of the ones who do
have wifi access will provide it for free. Some airports I know of are FT
LAUD INTL and Us Airway's hub in Pittsburgh who provide access for free
while Rhode Island's Providence airport has wifi access at the gate but
for a fee. Another is the delta hub in Atlanta which doesn't have wifi
access at the gate but they do have it at the food court areas for a fee
if I recall. Sadly I have not seen any wifi access in Washington DC at
either Dullas or Regan.
If anything I have seen it is that no one has gained a strong hold on
airport wireless networks and lets hope no one does because I do enjoy the
free networks when I can find them. Of course airports are always changing
what they offer so your millage may vary.