Hotels FAQ » Airport Hotel » Wi-Fi at airports
Question:
> No Wifi at O’Hare yet. There is a bid request out for vendors to > provide it. But it will be awhile.
There is WiFi at ORD. AA has it. Hilton has it. The SAS lounge has it. Hang out near one of the lounges and you might be OK, or better yet, actually go to the lounge.
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Take a look: http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E33%257E2147134,00.html
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> No Wifi at O’Hare yet. There is a bid request out for vendors to > provide it. But it will be awhile. > There is WiFi at ORD. AA has it. Hilton has it. > The SAS lounge has it. > Hang out near one of the lounges and you might be OK, or better yet, > actually go to the lounge.
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> Take a look: > http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E33%257E2147134,00.html
You have to VPN back through your office if you’re using Wifi from a public access point. That, restrict your activity to encrypted protocols (https, imaps, etc.), or just accept that bored people in the airport are watching everything you do. miguel — Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
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No Wifi at O’Hare yet. There is a bid request out for vendors to provide it. But it will be awhile. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s >O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me >if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but >couldn’t find anything. >Thanks for any responses. >Bob
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Still no wifi? It really stinks…I fly to Springfield, and at that small airport they have wifi available, but not at O’Hare so far… Anyone have any other ideas or options I could purse? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> No Wifi at O’Hare yet. There is a bid request out for vendors to > provide it. But it will be awhile. >Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s >O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me >if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but >couldn’t find anything. >Thanks for any responses. >Bob
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> Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s > O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me > if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but > couldn’t find anything. > Thanks for any responses. > Bob
Well, as our Australian chap mentioned in the VISA COPS thread, you can extend the range by using an antenna made out of a Pringles can. That will give you a 15db gain, and allow you to be further out from a WiFi hotspot
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—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 > CYYZ does as well. Found that out quite by accident (pulled out > the laptop to check up on something, and boom! ‘net access). > Which terminal and near which gate(s)? > howard
Mine was throughout Term. 3, at the AWE gates. BL. – — Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! 
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> CYYZ does as well. Found that out quite by accident (pulled out > the laptop to check up on something, and boom! ‘net access).
Which terminal and near which gate(s)? howard — Univ of Toronto * Spam detterent at work! * * For the correct address, Please * * remove the UpperCase characters *
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>There was a recent article on free wireless at airports, and the only >large airport to provide it was Pittsburgh.
Albuquerque (ABQ) and Wichita (ICT) also offer free connections. Anyone notice that Boingo no longer offers partial day or full day options? You appear to have to subscribe to their monthly plan now.
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>> Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s > O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me > if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but > couldn’t find anything. > There was a recent article on free wireless at airports, and the only > large airport to provide it was Pittsburgh.
Istanbul has it for free, as does Singapore. JFK and Long Beach have it in the JetBlue terminals. Many airports have it in the lobby of the airport hotel. Sometimes it leaks out of the club lounges. In the rest, where you have to pay $10 or so for a day pass, some nice people set their laptops up to act as repeaters. You’ll have to scan for those yourself. miguel — Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
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—–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—– Hash: SHA1 >There was a recent article on free wireless at airports, and the only >large airport to provide it was Pittsburgh. > Albuquerque (ABQ) and Wichita (ICT) also offer free connections.
CYYZ does as well. Found that out quite by accident (pulled out the laptop to check up on something, and boom! ‘net access). BL. – — Web + NewsMaster, BOFH.. Smeghead! | http://www.sbcglobal.net/~tyketto PGP: 1024D/E319F0BF 6980 AAD6 7329 E9E6 D569 F620 C819 199A E319 F0BF —–BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE—– Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAhGu4yBkZmuMZ8L8RAvUdAKCNOuQZLy/P6mqY9tw4E3oJXy3EhACfVsSx 6yiE4EZN7v5IRjIJal8hcbM= =xeXG —–END PGP SIGNATURE—–
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At Newark, it leaks out of the Continental Lounge near Gate 78??? (the lounge that is on a 2nd floor balcony). If you sit in the food court under the lounge near the Pizza stand, you can get WI-FI and also have access to an AC power plug. Mike Schumann
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s >> O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me >> if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but >> couldn’t find anything. > There was a recent article on free wireless at airports, and the only > large airport to provide it was Pittsburgh. > Istanbul has it for free, as does Singapore. JFK and Long Beach have it in > the JetBlue terminals. > Many airports have it in the lobby of the airport hotel. Sometimes it leaks > out of the club lounges. > In the rest, where you have to pay $10 or so for a day pass, some nice > people set their laptops up to act as repeaters. You’ll have to scan for > those yourself. > miguel > — > Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
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> Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s > O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me > if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but > couldn’t find anything.
There was a recent article on free wireless at airports, and the only large airport to provide it was Pittsburgh. Here is a link: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/baskas/2004-03-02-baskas_x.htm
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Just got a new laptop that has a Wi-Fi card. I travel out of Chicago’s O’Hare (typically UA and UX terminals) and wondered if anyone can tell me if there are any free wi-fi hot spots? I’ve looked at O’Hare’s website but couldn’t find anything. Thanks for any responses. Bob
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