Comprehensive Airport Wi-Fi Guide 93
An anonymous reader writes, "Travelpost has a
new guide to Wi-Fi in 141 U.S. airports. The chart includes pricing information and multiple service provider info for many of the airports — something you rarely see. A good, comprehensive resource for travelers who are constantly online."
Springfield and Capitol City are free (Score:1)
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Great guide! (Score:4, Insightful)
I am encouraged by how many free services there are out there. I am surprised anymore when I pull out my LifeDrive and find free service.
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Increasingly, after visiting one of these sites earlier in the day (OK, not really Digg), I come back here to read the same thing.
Am I bitter? No, just remembering a time when I could come here and read about things I couldn't find anywhere else on the net.
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wow... (Score:4, Funny)
Only 141? I could have sworn that Apple had sold more wireless basestations than *that*.
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I don't know which airports you're referring to, but I know Frankfurt does not have free wifi acess (I was there in July). Paris did not have one either (as of last year).
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Vienna (Score:2)
How is the list done? (Score:5, Insightful)
Offtopic, I think it's disgusting how expensive short-term Internet access is. If Panera can give it away for free, don't lie through your teeth and tell me it costs $10 for 24/hr access at O'Hare, one of the busiest airports in the world. (Obviously, the answer is "I want lots of money" but that doesn't make me like it...)
That said, it is a good list.
-Trillian
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As this is the one airport that I know the wireless price of and that its wrong in the list, I dont have much confidence in the rest of this list.
And just before I posted this, I figured why not google it to make sure
http://www.flychicago.com/ohare/about/ORDFAQ.shtm [flychicago.com]
This list is wrong.
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An Internet Day Pass (for users with no WISP account) is $6.95, payable by credit card through this network.
From the Guide:
Chicago O'Hare
ORD Concourse - $6.95 - Terminal 1's Concourses B & C, Terminal 2's Concourses E & F, Terminal 3's Concourses H & K Rosemont hotels
Boingo - $9.95 $21.95 Concourses B & C in Terminal 1, Concourses E & F in Terminal 2, Concourses H & K in Terminal 3
Fr
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So I appologise for s
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Sniffing/phishing at the airport (Score:1)
However, a big problem is phishing.
Most people are using pretty weak systems that are easy to crack or intercept. From there its just a matter of sniffing to get at least a handful of credit card numbers. The fool on the other end will think that the network or their computer is brok
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As long as he's expensing it. I mean, I ain't spending my $10 on WiFi access during a layover.
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I find it entirely frustrating that not only is short-term internet access so expensive in those airports that charge for it, but it's not the same. If I'm flying from Chicago to Dallas to Tampa, I'd have to either pay twice (Chicago and Dallas) or just not use anything at all.
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cell phone internet costs (Score:2)
Nice (Score:1)
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There's a bunch missing.... (Score:5, Informative)
For instance, at SJC (San Jose/Mineta) in Terminal C you can use T-Mobile throughout most of the pre-security areas since there is a big open Starbucks right in the middle.
I think this also goes for airports with integral FedEx/Kinkos locations.
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Having said that, it might be handy to compile a list similar to what you've described.
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The Atlanta column (Score:3, Informative)
If the Anchorage AK airport can give away free wifi (and you know Ted Stevens personally trucked all those bits up to the frigid north), I'm sure as hell not paying some git $10 a day for it. Not when (s)he can't be bothered to block IMAP and SSH. HINT: If I don't even
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For the record, I'm one of the developers for the company who provides the Wifi service to the Atlanta aiport. As much as I'd like to take the bait on your comment about the incompetency of the department that runs the aiport, I'll refrain from that.
The part about only port 80 being blocked was, as I understood it, intentional and requested by the airport. They only want HTTP-type traffic blocked, and are fine with letting others check their email, etc. Yes, it allows people to proxy their connection on no
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Actually the reverse (Score:2)
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Comprehensive? (Score:5, Informative)
Not completely accurate (Score:1)
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From their site:
Methodology The information in this chart was collected and compiled by TravelPost.com's editorial team. All information was accurate at time of publication, but providers and airports may change their pricing at any time. Pricing and coverage area information presented here was obtained from the service providers' web sites, supplied by the service providers' official representatives or confirmed directly with airport personnel. T
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In any case, next time I fly out of John Wayne, I'll make a note of who is providing the free wireless and inform TravelPost.
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I love PDX!
Darwin and Adelaide, Australia (Score:1)
Here are some links to their press releases:
http://www.internode.on.net/about/news/20060814-d
http://www.internode.on.net/about/news/20051009-a
Good usage (Score:1, Offtopic)
A very nice advance in technology!
Some restrictions apply (Score:3, Interesting)
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I've never been to PHX, but if they use private IP addresses like 10.*.*.* and use NAT to provide connectivity, then VPN might not work for several possible reasons:
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Has anyone tried.. (Score:1)
Just an innocent question.
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Now what would really be useful....... (Score:1, Interesting)
Kinda the hitchhiker's guide to the wi-fi galaxy.......sorry, someone had to say it..>:)
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it is awesome (Score:3, Insightful)
god fly sucks now.
free access! (Score:1)
WiFi using what laptop? (Score:1)
I've gone to Verizon Wireless's Broadband card. (Score:3, Informative)
I also want it at soccer practice fields where I'm waiting for my kids, as with Karate dojos and the the like.
Finally, I don't want to have to hunt down and sign up for multiple providers -- many of whom I'm very unsure about. I've seen crackers at airports with fake airport wifi sites set up.
It's not terribly cheap -- but compared to multiple pay as you go places it it's not bad. Practical speed is about 800k/sec download and way less upload (60k or so) which is exagerated but typical consumer bandwidth black hole hell. Not good for file sharing up loads, but that's not what I use it for.
Most important -- it is reasonably secure (at least I know where I'm calling), reasonably fast, and available most places now (though there are some big holes that piss me off, like MAINE.)
Still way too much of a pain... (Score:3, Insightful)
For power, there are nowhere near enough outlets. What little outlets you can find, are always either taken, or otherwise have people sitting around them blocking your access. This is the most annoying problem of all, since what you really want to do at an airport is top off your battery before the flight. Why? Well, even though some morons say "all airplanes now have DC power jacks", the truth is that almost none of them do. (the last time I found one was on an Orlando->Atlanta flight, which is under an hour, and pointless, and found none on the trans-atlantic flight that followed)
For internet access, everyone wants to nickel and dime you for service. This really bugs me, because while $6.95/day may seem like a fair price, I'm only there for an hour or two. (and the extended plans are useless unless I frequent the same exact trip regularly) All I really want is a quick E-Mail check, and maybe an IM or two. Thankfully, I can do that with my cell phone now. By the time I get lunch/dinner, get my laptop out, find power, discover their blocked access points, it's 20 minutes until boarding.
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This is true, and the "plane connector" is quite rare. However, many planes have headphone jacks, and apparently someone has made a device that leeches power from those! I saw this in a sky mall magazine (bleh) but if it works it would be cool. Not enough to power your laptop, but it might charge your
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Which is why one should always carry a small power strip.
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http://www.flymanchester.com/about/news.php [flymanchester.com] - free wifi announcement down near the bottom
guide is wrong (Score:3, Informative)
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That would not be the first thing I would think to be complaining about. Mind you when I was last there they still had the airport in pieces on the sidewalk.
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They are all free! (Score:1)
iPass (Score:3, Informative)
I'll also note that my dinky local airport, which has all of four gates, has free wifi access. Unfortunately, it didn't make the list for some reason.
HNL (Honolulu) free? (Score:2)
So what good is it? (Score:1)
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We flew into Orlando and on our way back to Hartford I hopped on to the Orlando WiFi in the terminal. In both situations I had no problem getting my laptop throu
But just wait. (Score:1)
This is no help for "frequent flyers" (Score:2)
Another option for these people is a bluetooth-enabled phone with EVDO or some other 3G/4G wireless capability. I just got a Sprint PPC-6700 and love it. I have the unlimited data plan, an
Great, now where's the guide to power outlets? (Score:2)
However, I seem to always run into problems finding power near a place to sit for my battery-challenged laptop. An airport guide for this would be super-handy. Sure, if I want to sit on the floor or unscrew floor outlets I have a number of options, but I'd rather have a comfy chair with wall power and good Wi-Fi coverage. Heck, I mig
Thank you from TravelPost.com (Score:1)