Whose Wi-Fi Is It?

Anush Yegyazarian from PC World posted GREAT NEWS today on an issue I've been following not only because it deals with my local airport but it deals with the rights of all folks that want Wi-Fi in any airport.

In part, Anush had the following to say:

Good news for Wi-Fi users: Government gets it right in a dispute over free versus paid Wi-Fi deployment at Boston's international airport.

Thanks to a little-known set of Federal Communications Commission regulations, you do have certain rights to wireless access--rights that were upheld in a recent ruling in a dispute between Boston's Logan Airport and Continental Airlines.

The bottom line: This ruling affirms consumer rights to have their own Wi-Fi service within their own premises, whether owned or rented. It expressly slaps down the notion that a central alternative is an excuse to bar individual users from setting up their own service, and does not exempt public agencies from the rules. Nice going, FCC.

Check out Anush's complete article on  Whose Wi-Fi Is It? here...it is an excellent read!