[IP] more on Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Greg Brooks <gregb@west-third.com>
Date: January 3, 2006 12:01:15 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: RE: [IP] Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle
Reply-To: gregb@west-third.com

Dave, for IP if you wish...

While I support the efforts of anyone trying to beat some sense into  
Logan's
Draconian approach, there are other options.

The EV-DO cards offered by Sprint and Verizon deliver broadband  
speeds at
nearly every major airport (and, increasingly, in major metro areas)
throughout the country. And when you're out of EV-DO range, you can  
still
get a cellular signal with modem-esque speeds.

I understand few people want to spend money on yet another connectivity
option (unlimited use on Sprint costs $80 a month), but as someone who
spends more time in airports than out of them, this has been a great
alternative to spotty (or just expensive) wifi.

Warm Regards,
Greg Brooks
West Third Group




-----Original Message-----
From: David Farber [mailto:dave@farber.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:21 AM
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Subject: [IP] Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle



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From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Date: January 3, 2006 1:15:14 AM EST
To: undisclosed-recipient:;
Subject: Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle


Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle
Wireless and airport lobbies join dispute

By Peter Howe, Globe Staff  |  January 2, 2006

Logan International Airport officials' ongoing quest to ban airline
lounges from offering passengers free WiFi Internet services is
angering a growing array of powerful Capitol Hill lobbying groups,
who say Logan could set a dangerous nationwide precedent for
squelching wireless services.

Already under fire from the biggest airline lobby, the Air Transport
Association, and the manufacturer-backed Consumer Electronics
Association, Logan officials are also coming under new criticism from
the top US wireless lobby, CTIA-The Wireless Association. All three
groups are siding with Continental Airlines Inc., which has asked the
Federal Communications Commission to overturn a Logan order last year
shutting off Continental's WiFi service in its Presidents Club lounge
in Logan's Terminal C.

Soon after activating its own $8-a-day WiFi service in the summer of
2004, the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs Logan, ordered
Continental and American Airlines to shut down WiFi services in their
Logan lounges. Massport also ordered Delta Air Lines Inc. not to turn
on a planned WiFi service in its new $500 million Terminal A that
opened last March.





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