buzzbishop
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I can go to a bathroom at most any airport in the world and turn a tap and get running water - for free.
I can sit at a check in desk 6 hours before my scheduled flight, some 3 hours before the gate staff will start work and sit by a pillar on the floor draining electricity to recharge my iPad and top up my laptop - for free.
But if I want some WiFi, they want $12 and hour.
(It looks like $20 an hour in the image, but those quotes are in Brazilian Reais, the exchange is $12 an hour).
Go to YVR or YYC or any Starbucks in Canada and WiFi is free - just like water and electricity. We, in Canada, are starting to treat the internet as a utility - paid for in private, free in public.
Later, in Houston's IAH, I was able to grab 45mins of (slow) free WiFi between flights before the paid model would kick in. A totally reasonable freemium solution - any easy way for commuters to connect between gates while getting those who are going to sit for a few hours pay the freight.
Wouldn’t it be nice if the rest of the world caught up with that notion - or at least offered it up at a reasonable rate?
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