FREE Skype WiFi in select airports across the U.S. From 12/21-27
Dec 19, 2011, 1:01 pm
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FREE Skype WiFi in select airports across the U.S. From 12/21-27
On a relevant tangent, thought this might be useful for some traveling this holiday season. It may require you to download Skype:
Great news Skype friends! Skype is setting out to make travel a little more pleasant this holiday season by offering a free hour of Internet access to third-party wireless hotspots within the Skype WiFi hotspot footprint in select airports across the U.S. From December 21st thru December 27th, travelers passing through or delayed in over 50 airports across the country will be able to access third-party hotspots using Skype WiFi and connect with loved ones via a Skype video or voice call for free.*
http://blogs.skype.com/en/2011/12/skypeholidaywifi.html
Great news Skype friends! Skype is setting out to make travel a little more pleasant this holiday season by offering a free hour of Internet access to third-party wireless hotspots within the Skype WiFi hotspot footprint in select airports across the U.S. From December 21st thru December 27th, travelers passing through or delayed in over 50 airports across the country will be able to access third-party hotspots using Skype WiFi and connect with loved ones via a Skype video or voice call for free.*
http://blogs.skype.com/en/2011/12/skypeholidaywifi.html
Dec 19, 2011, 1:33 pm
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Bandwidth
One word: Bandwidth
Have you "exercised" this in the last year? In any airport, from any provider? Since last Christmas, it's been bad and getting worse as many more people have joined the streaming legion. Great in theory, but falling further and further behind the curve in performance - e.g., speed and quality. Word of mouth marketers need to feed back to their patrons (the ones who don't get out much themselves) this.
Wonderful when the internet is free in airports, but it's gotten away.
[Wonder where this thread will land.]
Have you "exercised" this in the last year? In any airport, from any provider? Since last Christmas, it's been bad and getting worse as many more people have joined the streaming legion. Great in theory, but falling further and further behind the curve in performance - e.g., speed and quality. Word of mouth marketers need to feed back to their patrons (the ones who don't get out much themselves) this.
Wonderful when the internet is free in airports, but it's gotten away.
[Wonder where this thread will land.]
Dec 20, 2011, 3:46 pm
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One word: Bandwidth
Have you "exercised" this in the last year? In any airport, from any provider? Since last Christmas, it's been bad and getting worse as many more people have joined the streaming legion. Great in theory, but falling further and further behind the curve in performance - e.g., speed and quality.
Have you "exercised" this in the last year? In any airport, from any provider? Since last Christmas, it's been bad and getting worse as many more people have joined the streaming legion. Great in theory, but falling further and further behind the curve in performance - e.g., speed and quality.
I have had a T-Mobile BlackBerry for years simply because it has "HotSpot" seamless WiFi calling handoff that passes my mobile number off to any open hotspot, and then all my calls are free over WiFi calling. Worked GREAT about 7 years ago when I first got it and just a few were streaming or VOIP at Wifi public locations. Year by year, it got worse and worse.
Today? Forget it. I turn it off. If I allow the phone to jump to WiFi and make my calls, it's horrible. Just not enough shared bandwidth.
Same goes for Skype that I play with on my Virgin Mobile Droid.
Both of these work GREAT at home, or at the office where I've got 6 megs down and 2 megs up with no competition, but actual use in the field? Nasty.
Look at your typical Starbucks. 7 or 8 years ago, maybe 1 or 2 using Wifi at any given time. Today? 10 to 15 at times. Divide a 2 or 3 meg download by that and you have streaming issues.
Of course, up until 1 or 2 years ago, you had to pay to use most hotspots, like Starbucks. Free comes with a price! Like huge shared bandwidth, and thus, poor performance on any application that requires large bandwidth.
I still use my BBerry in my office or at home to make free calls over WiFi, but have totally given up when out in the general public.
Last edited by RobbieRunner; Dec 20, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Dec 21, 2011, 1:35 am
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Have at it
