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WiFi Free-For-All
my_LART writes "Information Week reports that WiFi access is becoming a free commodity. Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) has recently dropped its pay-per-use model and has installed free access to the WLAN in the food court and will be expanding access to the gates. On a similar note, Choice Hotels International is planning a WLAN rollout at its 370 Comfort Suites and 140 Clarion properties by the end of May. Choice Hotels International plans on expanding the rollout to two more of the company's brands by the end of the year. While this is great for us Road Warriors, how can this make financial sense? Choice Hotels can certainly markup the cost of the rooms by a few dollars per night, but how is PIT planning on reclaiming the costs? Regardless, lets hope other airports and hotel chains follow suit."
Landing fees.
Could we just cover the globe and get it over with? :)
Imagine that... An ISP employee looking for internet access at work...
Karma: Bad (mostly due to all those "In Soviet Russia" jokes)
Sniff credit card numbers on the wireless network and charge them "convenience fees" which most flyers probably won't complain about :) Lazy americans (myself included)
I agree this wifi free-for-all is getting out of hand. Heck, I've got three different neighbors providing free wifi! ;-)
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
(MadHungarian): "I vote for idaho, i hear they have free WiFi access in the airport"
Yeah, way to win one with the ladies dude...
and the worst part is, he failed it to a legitimate +5 Insightful first post! It just doesn't get any more failed than that!
they are going to pay for it by not providing soap and not cleaning the toilets twice a month? :)
Ya'll know one thing that makes money.
See Here.
hookers.
Free Hooker access points. You would have people lined up around the block. Hell get rid of the damn planes, they just cost too much.
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Just for that, I'm building a gun into a MagLite.
Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
Yeah - I wrote my 16-digit number on the back of the card, so it's easy to find...
-- Pete.
Monochrome - Probably the UK's largest internet BBS
Oh really? When I installed one on my XP notebook, I had to load drivers from the CD as well. Other people with different brand cards need different drivers. And this is certainly one area where Linux doesn't make it easier than Windows; most wireless cards don't even have Linux drivers. I don't really see this as an easy way to use someone else's MAC address, even if you could find someone willing to just let you share their card.
Another fine example of how Plug-N-Play works to make life easy! somehow I think Plug-N-Play is not named correctly. It should be load driver software-Plug-Pray-Reboot-Pray-Configure-Play.
The truth shall set you free!
Those cafes sure don't get more business when they come across asshole road warriors like me who park next to the building and check their e-mail without getting out of the car.
heh heh heh
10 wireless access points: $1,000
Internet T1: Already in place, so free
dsniff, mailsnarf, etc. sensor: Teds old P-400, so free
Getting thousands of people to provide their personal info unencrypted over our network every day so that we can re-sell it to marketers: Priceless
Sorry. Had to be done.
"But actually trying to use m4 as a general-purpose langage would be deeply perverse" --ESR
I tried that, but they still took me aside, asked me if I was evil, removed the batteries from the flashlight, and then raped me :(
What's the security gaurd's opinion when someone who hasn't shaved in two weeks is always hanging out at the airport?
Or do I just wear a business suit?
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