Crown Room Changes???
Sep 18, 2002, 6:22 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jwhite4:
I'm picturing business travellers leaning against the outside walls of CRC clubs with their laptops open. I don't think it would be that easy to restrict wireless access to just inside the room (assuming the natural construction wasn't self-shielding). The bandwidth inside the CRC is bad enough without worrying that outsides are using it.
If they can somehow overcome this it would be a nice new feature.
Jeff</font>
I'm picturing business travellers leaning against the outside walls of CRC clubs with their laptops open. I don't think it would be that easy to restrict wireless access to just inside the room (assuming the natural construction wasn't self-shielding). The bandwidth inside the CRC is bad enough without worrying that outsides are using it.
If they can somehow overcome this it would be a nice new feature.
Jeff</font>
Seeing a bunch of people crowded against the wall would be an interesting sight
Sep 18, 2002, 6:28 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by traveler4ever:
I am really curious....Which airline lounge is nicer in everyone's opinion? Delta's or Continental's? I've never been to a Crown lounge, only the President's club so I'm just curious as to how they compare!</font>
I am really curious....Which airline lounge is nicer in everyone's opinion? Delta's or Continental's? I've never been to a Crown lounge, only the President's club so I'm just curious as to how they compare!</font>
Crown Rooms have decor, terrific staff and a couple of internet stations if your laptop is down. I've found only two CRC's lacking the standards of others out of the dozens I visit a year, which is an impressive average. Some are quite crowded.
Sep 18, 2002, 7:21 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ds4217:
My guess is that tightend security rules do not allow for locking storage containers. </font>
My guess is that tightend security rules do not allow for locking storage containers. </font>
Sep 18, 2002, 8:09 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jwhite4:
I'm picturing business travellers leaning against the outside walls of CRC clubs with their laptops open. I don't think it would be that easy to restrict wireless access to just inside the room (assuming the natural construction wasn't self-shielding). The bandwidth inside the CRC is bad enough without worrying that outsides are using it.
If they can somehow overcome this it would be a nice new feature.
Jeff</font>
I'm picturing business travellers leaning against the outside walls of CRC clubs with their laptops open. I don't think it would be that easy to restrict wireless access to just inside the room (assuming the natural construction wasn't self-shielding). The bandwidth inside the CRC is bad enough without worrying that outsides are using it.
If they can somehow overcome this it would be a nice new feature.
Jeff</font>
Now as for bandwidth for the users inside, DL would need to by it. But I bet users would pay a reasonable access fee. $9.95 gets you 24 hours in a Hilton. How about $1.95 for 3 hours in a CRC ... or $9.95 for all CRC's nationwide for the day. Just enter your cc number on the login screen.
That would be easy to set up, easy to run and the $$ would roll in. Hardest part would be getting the connection run to the CRC itself. Airports love to charge the big bucks for that kind of stuff.
Sep 19, 2002, 12:13 am
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Great Idea, I would love to put Laptop Lane out of business... What a rip off!
Sep 19, 2002, 5:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Sketchy:
Great Idea, I would love to put Laptop Lane out of business... What a rip off!</font>
Great Idea, I would love to put Laptop Lane out of business... What a rip off!</font>
Sep 19, 2002, 6:27 am
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Bandwidth is (or should be) relatively cheap, along with network handware (a router+hub so that multiple computers can share one connection, plus wireless connectivity), that I would think I'd hope computer access would remain free.
Jeff
Jeff
Sep 19, 2002, 8:14 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by traveler4ever:
I am really curious....Which airline lounge is nicer in everyone's opinion? Delta's or Continental's? I've never been to a Crown lounge, only the President's club so I'm just curious as to how they compare!</font>
I am really curious....Which airline lounge is nicer in everyone's opinion? Delta's or Continental's? I've never been to a Crown lounge, only the President's club so I'm just curious as to how they compare!</font>
Sep 19, 2002, 1:11 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jwhite4:
I'm picturing business travellers leaning against the outside walls of CRC clubs with their laptops open. I don't think it would be that easy to restrict wireless access to just inside the room (assuming the natural construction wasn't self-shielding).</font>
I'm picturing business travellers leaning against the outside walls of CRC clubs with their laptops open. I don't think it would be that easy to restrict wireless access to just inside the room (assuming the natural construction wasn't self-shielding).</font>
In other news, Maria at the SEA CRC tells me that the CRC's moving to the new terminal, and that the CRC staff is worried that the new room will lose the warmth and character of the existing one. I sure hope not; the SEA room is one of my favorites.
Sep 19, 2002, 2:56 pm
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Is there a limit on the number of CRC members in the entire Delta system? I've been thinking about the number of times that the entire room is jammed to overflowing. If there are this many members and more are joining everyday (thanks, in no small part to those referral bonuses
) it makes me wonder what the 'limit' of the system is. Or, is overcrowding the (additional) price some of us pay to have free booze and lame PCs? Cheers.
Sep 19, 2002, 3:36 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rcs85551:
Your coffee does not smell as much as my fat Whopper from the Burger King next door combined with the smell of chicken wings and barbeque sauce.
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Your coffee does not smell as much as my fat Whopper from the Burger King next door combined with the smell of chicken wings and barbeque sauce.
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Point taken. But what about when my food doesn't smell. I don't always eat a fat Whopper from Burger King with chicken wings and bbq sauce. Sometimes I enjoy a nice non-smelling salad. I think when they check my ID, they should employ some sort of "smell test." If my food is deemed offensive, I will gladly eat it outside. If not, let me enjoy it inside. I will promise to take extra care to avoid soiling the upholstery.
Sep 19, 2002, 10:16 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DL_flyer:
...it makes me wonder what the 'limit' of the system is. </font>
...it makes me wonder what the 'limit' of the system is. </font>
As far as the # of CRC members.... that's not a published.
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Sep 20, 2002, 6:23 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UnofficialDLHelper:
As far as the # of CRC members.... that's not a published.
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As far as the # of CRC members.... that's not a published.
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Sep 20, 2002, 6:54 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Just Passing Thru:
Sketchy -- I think that there are airport concession issues to consider, and that's why you don't see better snax or boxed lunches in the CRCs. I've been told more than once by CRC attendants that "the airport doesn't want us to" sell sandwiches, salads, etc.</font>
Sketchy -- I think that there are airport concession issues to consider, and that's why you don't see better snax or boxed lunches in the CRCs. I've been told more than once by CRC attendants that "the airport doesn't want us to" sell sandwiches, salads, etc.</font>
Sep 20, 2002, 7:16 am
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For those based in Philadelphia, CRC folks there have told me that the airport is to begin construction of a "hammerhead" at the end of Concourse E early next year. a new, larger, modern CRC will be opened there late 2003 or early 2004. We'll finally be beyond security.
