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Detroit Airport Might Be Spacious And Pretty, But The WiFi Sucks

Where: Detroit Metro Wayne Country Airport [map], Detroit, MI, United States
October 14, 2009 at 2:08 PM | by JetSetCD | 2 Comments

Update: Ok fine, so as the DTW rep points out in the comments, Boingo is available in both terminals. But our own experience convinced us otherwise, and we recommend checking out the Airport WiFi map (click the icon to the right) to note that most airports tagged have free Wifi; something DTW should think about if they can afford the snazziness evident elsewhere.

We may have told you time and time again about the wonders of Detroit's Wayne Country Airport, but despite the very cool in-terminal monorail and relaxing LED light tunnel, Detroit is not as down with technology as you think.

In particular we refer to their Airport WiFi situation, which is sad to say the least. They've had internet in their Smith terminal since 2004, but with that terminal currently sitting empty Detroit has had to equip the rest of the airport. These days, you can log into the 'net from Delta/Northwest's McNamara Terminal only, and it's a Boingo frontier there.

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How Austrian Men Pick Up "All the Single Ladies" in the Airport

January 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM | by Jenna | 1 Comment

And now with her very own personal story of a Missed Connection, is HotelChatter's Jenna. This one involves an airport, an Austrian man, bad pop music and the savvy use of Facebook. Enjoy.

Love is in the air — and it's floating over the Airport WiFi Network. Utilizing a killer combo of Boingo Wireless, iTunes and Facebook, a young Austrian lad has proven that a tech-savvy European can school any humble American in the fine art of meeting someone at an airport.

Here's what went down: after a trip to Vail, I'd headed back to New York through JFK on December 29th without any major issues. After grabbing my luggage, I parked myself in a seat inside the baggage claim area to finish up a post on HotelChatter. Naturally, I was connected to the Boingo wireless network and had my iTunes open so my girl Beyonce and her jam, "All the Single Ladies" could come through my headphones as I worked.

A little over a week later (January 7th), I received the following message in my Facebook inbox:

Hi Jenna,
is it possible that you were at JFK airport on Dec 29th. If so, thank you for sharing your iTunes Library on the Wifi Network...I enjoyed your music greatly!!
Since you're 1 of 3 Jenna Brombergs on Facebook and the only one from NY I thought I'll give it a try and write to you ;))
Greets from Austria,
Stephan

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Airport WiFi: Boingo Offering Playoff Baseball for Four Bucks

October 6, 2008 at 5:15 PM | by pbb | 1 Comment

If you've been frustrated enough by free airport WiFi that you've signed up for Boingo, you're in luck this playoff season. The nearly ubiquitous wireless provider has inked a deal with MLB.tv to offer up live, streaming webcasts of the Division Series. (Two contests in the American League remain this year; Boingo says the promo will continue into the two Championship Series.)

The "airport edition" of MLB.tv will offer the games at 23 different airports and without blackouts, a bonus that might come in handy if you're flying through Chicago tonight. Otherwise, the benefit to the service is simply that you don't have to elbow your way into a packed airport bar to catch the game.

You get four hours of access for $4, so hope that your hometown heroes can bring in a win without going to extra innings.

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WiFi Travel: Beijing Suddenly Has More Connections to Monitor

Where: Beijing, China
August 12, 2008 at 5:15 PM | by pbb | 0 Comments

Worldwide wireless provider Boingo has just launched 349 new hotspots in Beijing, a move timed to coincide with the Olympics.

The full list of hotspots is here, though it currently only shows 329 places to jump online. You can use Boingo's new Aspirin promotion, but since these connections are overseas, you'll have to pay a "premium fee" to get online.

Presumably, the WiFi is still under the same restrictions as all internet access in China, so your mileage may vary. Earlier this year, we discussed some strategies for circumventing state control of the internet.

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Boingo Giving Away Free WiFi This Weekend

July 2, 2008 at 9:30 AM | by pbb | 0 Comments

The airport internet provider we love to hate, Boingo, is giving away WiFi this holiday weekend. You'll only get 24 hours of free access before you have to pay, but hey, free stuff!

You'll have to download a program called GoBoingo from the company's website to get online, but it's not much of a hassle. After your free session is over, you can use the same program to reconnect to any Boingo-managed hotspot for $8 a day.

Given how prevalent those are in bigger airports, this could certainly come in handy over the long holiday weekend.

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Airport WiFi: Boingo Giving You 15 Minutes Free

May 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM | by pbb | 3 Comments

Big-time WiFi contractor Boingo, which handles net access at heaps of airports around the world, is now offering iPhone and iPod Touch users 15 minutes of free access at 28 of its US, Canadian and UK airports. The promo is currently only for Apple users, but the company plans to expand the free 15 minutes to Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Windows Mobile users soon.

What's the catch? Not much of one: You'll just see a 15-second ad before you're free to surf. Boingo is ramping up its mobile offerings, and the promo gives the company a chance to do a little market research. In our view, it's win-win.

In the UK, you can jump online at London Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted as well as at Edinburgh Airport and a couple others. In North America, there are a couple dozen airports in on the promo, with BWI, HOU, IAH, JFK, LGA, ORD and YYZ among them.

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· Airport WiFi Map [Jaunted]
· WiFi coverage [Jaunted]

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