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Salt Lake City Airport Bends To The Masses, Will Offer Free WiFi
Death to $7.95-an-hour airport WiFi! After five years of ponying up more than $1 for every ten minutes online at Salt Lake City's airport, the airport itself has finally come to its senses will go free from July 1.
The beginning of free WiFi airport access at SLC in July shows that not only does passenger complaining work, but that it can help bring an airport up to date in keeping people connected. With their Boingo contract set to expire, Salt Lake had to make a choice, and for once it wasn't in favor of the nearly $100,000 in revenue that they got from the Boingo plan.
Now if only the masses who use major hubs like JFK, Las Vegas, LAX and Denver can have the same affect so that they too will make the decision to switch to free WiFi. Do we need to organize a picket line?
Related Stories:
· Salt Lake City airport to offer free WiFi starting July 1 [Salt Lake Tribune]
· Airport WiFi Coverage [Jaunted]
[SLC waiting area photo: stewf]
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Road Warrior Travel: Your Mobile Office at SLC
We were flying home from our trip out to Sundance when we stumbled upon these rental offices at Salt Lake City International. From Regus Express, they're basically short-term cubicles that you can rent to avoid the prying eyes and the pricked up ears of your fellow passengers. Office time goes for a steep $9 for 15 minutes (or $16 for 30 minutes), but if you're expensing it, who cares, right?
Each one of these little business niches has high-speed wired Internet with VPN capability, a fax, a land line phone and even a computer. You're of course free to use your own laptop instead.
The SLC location is between concourses C and D. (It's conveniently near a bar for toasting the newly made deal or drowning your business sorrows!) Regus has locations in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Oakland, Philly and Seattle, too.
Post click, the interior of a Regus cube.
Related Stories:
· Regus Express, SLC [Official Site]
· Business Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Airport WiFi Guide [Jaunted]
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Easy-to-Reach Skiing: Deer Valley
We really like skiing and boarding. But that doesn't mean we want to spend our whole vacation just getting to the mountain. Our Ski Areas Near Airports Map will help you maximize your time on the slopes.
Set deliciously close to Salt Lake City--and its massive number of Delta flights--Park City, Utah offers not one but three ski areas from which to choose. Get yourself on an early morning flight from the West Coast, and you might be able to make first tracks on some of that heavenly, dry Utah powder.
While its hard to go wrong at Park City Mountain or The Canyons, Deer Valley has introduced the biggest changes this season, with the opening of 200-plus acres of new terrain, including a glade skiing area where you can test your tree-avoidance skills. At least, you can if you're a two planker; Deer Valley doesn't welcome snowboarders.
The Deer Valley season fires up this Saturday, with full-day tickets going for $79. Multi-day passes can save you a couple bucks, and afternoon passes are $55 for you skiers flying in from the East Coast.
Related Stories:
· Deer Valley [Official Site]
· Skiing coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Deer Valley]
