Comments on: Getting the basics right

By: jonny199</script>

jonny199</script> — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:29:23 +0000

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By: jonny516</script>

jonny516</script> — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:22:42 +0000

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By: wonderful electric

wonderful electric — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:28:01 +0000

Welcome to Bristol Airport. I used to think Cardiff Airport was terrible but at least it doesn’t make aspirations to being a major airport.

And only you could complain about going to a client meeting in Spain ;-)

By: Narayan

Narayan — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:32:44 +0000

As someone who has put over 100K miles into business travel this year, let me add another voice to this cabal of grumpy old men:

Any airport construction since, oh, the late 80’s to early 90’s should really take into consideration AC power everywhere, particularly at gates. The only outlets one finds in some airports are the ones in the middle of long hallways, probably placed there so that janitors would have a place to plug in vacuums and floor polishers. The end result is vagabond business travelers setting up camp in the most ridiculous locations, just to get another hit off the ol’ electron pipe.

If I can’t find AC power, I don’t bother with the wifi in the airport, since it just takes away computer time from my flight.

Don’t get me started on DC power availability on airplanes…

By: Flat

Flat — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:08:59 +0000

Google are ment to be testing free internet in airport but i’m guessing the tea might be to much of an ask

By: Jon Waring

Jon Waring — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:02:07 +0000

By: Khoi Vinh

Khoi Vinh — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:38:41 +0000

Wi-fi should be better in airports, and it should be free, too. Those points I wouldn’t argue with. But I have to say, I kind of enjoy it when I’m not able to log onto the net in situations like that. It’s a nice break from the grid of being online. My theory is that I really don’t need to be wired all the time.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:40:25 +0000

Have had the same problem with Bristol airport myself. Like you it was an early start for a client meeting in Spain - but I stayed a few days and got some work done in the beautiful sunshine, rather than flying straight back.

I refuse to pay for wifi at airports on principal - it should be free, even if limited only to email. I could have connected via my phone, but instead I chose to do a little photoshop comp work whilst I drank my coffee.

I’m pretty sure the BA Lounge at Bristol has free wifi, if you can stand their prices and ridiculous stance on religious symbols!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:39:56 +0000

I assume you paid for the wifi there. That’s probably the reason it will remain crap. Unfortunately, they just don’t have to do any better.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:34:47 +0000

Wifi in US airports is spotty and unreliable at best. The greatest success I’ve had is in the lounges private lounges, waiting for international flights. T-Mobile wifi isn’t bad, but that of course it comes with a price. And it can’t be easy for airlines to create good wifi when you have the airports fighting against it.

http://wifinetnews.com/archives/007102.html

By: brad

brad — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:14:47 +0000

Decent tea is getting easier to find at US airports (they’ve always had good coffee, but the tea selection in the past consisted of a wide variety of tisanes and a few satchets of black tea that tasted like cobwebs), but I’m amazed at the spotty availabilty of wifi, even in major airports. I often travel to Washington DC and have had no luck getting wifi in National Airport, at least not in the departure lounge where I’m usually waiting for my plane back to Canada.