In addition to charge exorbitant prices for checked baggage these days, many aiports have also yanked free terminal wifi. However, this holiday season, Google teamed up with Boingo and offered free wifi for selected airports around the country starting around Thanksgiving and ending in mid-January. Today, I’m flying home from one of the free hotspots in the Austin airport.
Unless, I am in the middle of a major web project (which is rare), I don’t pay for wifi. I wait for a coffee shop or hotel hotspot. Usually paid wifi costs up to $10 for a 24 hour period…a price I’m not willing to pay. Thanks to Google, I don’t have to worry about paying today or just using my phone for email access.
I look forward to returning home and starting a busy year of answering your questions and providing many more useful computer tips and video tips. Happy New Year.
Hmmm… If you had a Droid and PDANet you could tether anywhere you wanted to for free. 😉
Maybe you could just get the Nexus One that will be out tomorrow?
All kidding aside, Google did a really smart thing with offering free Wifi. It really creates a good look for them in the eyes of consumers, and with Google’s mobile onslaught coming this year with Android and Google Chrome OS, to look good to consumers will get them much further.
Glad you’re back!
no bad! I like it.
There can be a risk using free wifi if someone is doing a man in the middle attack.
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