kingdingeling Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 Free WiFi just has to be the most awesome invention ever! I'm currently chilling at Hong Kong Airport, waiting for my connection to Brisbane and have been enjoying free intarwebz for the past 1.5 hours or so Spent 30 minutes searching for a power plug, now charging my laptop and my iPhone (via the laptop) in preparation for my next 8 hours of flight (been about 10.5 hours already). In Frankfurt they didn't have any, but then again I could use it over my iPhone contract. More airports should offer it for free, really can't cost that much and just adds so much convenience to the travellers stay there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 Lucky . When I was at LAX it was only private networks that I had to pay for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTA Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 i thought any wireless devices like cell are forbidden to use on airplanes... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 ... as long as the wireless function is disabled, it's fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devit Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 that`s really good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robAP Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 (edited) yes on airplanes all wireless devices/phones have to be disabled/off/"airplane mode" its inside the airports that there's alot of wireless networks. the problem is, mostly worldwide you will get wireless for free. in the US its all $7 an hour or $12 a day sort of thing. i spend way too much time at airports and can tell you that if your looking for free wireless, try to find club lounges for frequent flyers. usually they have free wifi inside and you can leech off it outside the room, also in some terminals, you can see where the employees go for their break-room..or at least the door they enter to get there. sometimes their lounges or break-rooms have wifi. and again you can probably leech off of that too. probably half of the ones iv'e found are unlocked. personally i think an airport that has $7 an hour wifi is criminal and complete gouging of the populace. but that's what T-mobile, AT&T and the lot charge. Edited December 13, 2008 by robAP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Frankenstein Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 When i was there in 2005 they had loads of Samsung pods for free, Hmm need to put a Netbook on my list of things to get before my next trup to China next year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchuwato Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 A few airports here have free wireless, but throughout the whole of the terminal (usually near a Starbucks <_<) it's great for keeping passengers happy - I don't see why more don't do it. Our city has free wireless anywhere, but the airport isn't near the centre, so you can't use it... but it's small and I've never flown from there anyway Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 i thought any wireless devices like cell are forbidden to use on airplanes... Yea, but not in Airports, no? Currently sitting in a Backpackers in Brisbane, 4$ for 1 hours Internet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kash Posted December 13, 2008 Posted December 13, 2008 I know what you mean, I always get free Wi-Fi abroad, but only a handful of times have I been able to get free Wi-Fi at an American airport. Thankfully I have the iPhone 3G so connection speeds are tolerable (I have mine jailbroken, so I can tether my laptop to it if I don't want to stare at the small screen). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted December 14, 2008 Posted December 14, 2008 Kash, do you use a program to use it as a modem for your laptop? I was looking for a program to do that actually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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