zman
Oct 30, 06, 10:53 am
in today's USA today
Rumor is Massport Lost
AA should have never turned off their Admirla's Club Wi-Fi. CO told Massport to take a hike and filed an FCC complaint. DL did not activate when they moved to Terminal A.
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Wi-Fi at Logan to get another look
The Federal Communications Commission will soon issue a ruling that could broaden airlines' wireless Internet service at Boston Logan airport.
In 2005, the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan, banned airlines from offering wireless Internet service at their clubs in the airport.
Soon after the Massport decision, Continental Airlines, which provided free Wi-Fi at its clubs, petitioned the FCC to overturn the ban.
In banning the service, Massport cited security concerns.
It said private Wi-Fi networks could interfere with the wireless transmissions used by the airport for operations, and by federal officials for security.
Massport's decision came one year after Logan launched its own $8-a-day wireless Internet service, prompting its critics to complain that the airport was creating a monopoly.
"Logan wants the revenue," says Craig Mathias, principal of the Farpoint Group, a wireless service research firm.
With its petition pending, Continental never turned off its Wi-Fi service and "just wants to be able to continue to let our (frequent-flier) members have free Wi-Fi," says spokesman Dave Messing.
Tim Wagner, a spokesman for American, which has supported Continental in attempts to repeal the ban, says his airline discontinued its Wi-Fi service. But American will likely resume it if the ruling is issued in airlines' favor, he says.
Rumor is Massport Lost
AA should have never turned off their Admirla's Club Wi-Fi. CO told Massport to take a hike and filed an FCC complaint. DL did not activate when they moved to Terminal A.
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Wi-Fi at Logan to get another look
The Federal Communications Commission will soon issue a ruling that could broaden airlines' wireless Internet service at Boston Logan airport.
In 2005, the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan, banned airlines from offering wireless Internet service at their clubs in the airport.
Soon after the Massport decision, Continental Airlines, which provided free Wi-Fi at its clubs, petitioned the FCC to overturn the ban.
In banning the service, Massport cited security concerns.
It said private Wi-Fi networks could interfere with the wireless transmissions used by the airport for operations, and by federal officials for security.
Massport's decision came one year after Logan launched its own $8-a-day wireless Internet service, prompting its critics to complain that the airport was creating a monopoly.
"Logan wants the revenue," says Craig Mathias, principal of the Farpoint Group, a wireless service research firm.
With its petition pending, Continental never turned off its Wi-Fi service and "just wants to be able to continue to let our (frequent-flier) members have free Wi-Fi," says spokesman Dave Messing.
Tim Wagner, a spokesman for American, which has supported Continental in attempts to repeal the ban, says his airline discontinued its Wi-Fi service. But American will likely resume it if the ruling is issued in airlines' favor, he says.