Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> Comments on: Coughing up for wi-fi (or are we spoiled in Atlanta?) http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/ teenage angst has served me well Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5772 dpb Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:44:36 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5772 They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free. They charge because there is a cost associated to it. So they raise ticket prices for everyone or they charge people per use. Nothing is free.

]]> By: Chris http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5739 Chris Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:02:08 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5739 Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don't see how they justify charging for it. Technically, I guess it is stealing. But I don’t see how they justify charging for it.

]]> By: Shannon http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5709 Shannon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5709 I probably just wouldn't use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don't offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol' Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia - guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi. I probably just wouldn’t use the internet but it does bother me that these huge airports don’t offer free wireless. I mean, come on, little ol’ Richmond does. The worst if LaGuardia – guaranteed you are going to have flight delays, the least they could do is give you free wifi.

]]> By: Dave http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5698 Dave Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:51:19 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5698 Yep. It's theft. Rationalizing doesn't change that. Yep. It’s theft. Rationalizing doesn’t change that.

]]> By: dpb http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5691 dpb Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:49:29 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5691 Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I'm not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world's busiest airport so why expect it? There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you're in Atlanta and you're going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb? Face it, they've got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it? I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn't. Take control of the airport away from the city and see if free wi-fi exists. I’m not saying it will but the city does a piss poor job of managing the world’s busiest airport so why expect it?

There is a definite cost associated to offering wifi hotspots and coffee shops and hotels offer it for free to get your business. If you’re in Atlanta and you’re going to fly somewhere, where are you going to go other than Hartsfield (I refuse to call it Hartsfield-Jackson)? Peachtree-Dekalb?

Face it, they’ve got ya. Why offer it for free and get nothing when you could charge for it and get a little bit of revenue from it?

I would prefer it to be free but am not surprised it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-5689 Greg Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:13:06 +0000 http://www.mingaling.net/2008/08/22/coughing-up-for-wi-fi-or-are-we-spoiled-in-atlanta/#comment-5689 Totally ridic, they could at least do something where it's pay in the terminal/atrium area but free at the gates Charlotte has free wifi at their little piddly airport, I hope Houston does too as we've got a 4 hour wait there tomorrow Totally ridic, they could at least do something where it’s pay in the terminal/atrium area but free at the gates

Charlotte has free wifi at their little piddly airport, I hope Houston does too as we’ve got a 4 hour wait there tomorrow

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