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Entries Tagged as 'Airports'

Phat Tuesday On Southwest, Should Have Been Wi-Fi

February 16th, 2010 · Tags: Airports · Satire · Wi-Fi

I was flying on Southwest Airlines recently when I experienced one of those conundrums … or maybe a good news/bad news scenario.

Who don’t like sum good news first: The good news — there was an excellent Wi-Fi , wireless network available — boasting of speeds greater than 54.0 Mbps.
The bad news — film director, [...]

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They Used To Call This ‘Getting Ink’ … Among Other Things

February 10th, 2010 · Tags: Airports · Wi-Fi

It may surprise you that I don’t particularly like self promotion.
However, PingWi-Fi.com has two staffers … so you do the math.  Like it or not, I have to go out and tell people that I can be somewhat interesting … sometimes … when I am not totally boring which is probably most of the time.  [...]

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Gogo Wi-Fi Helps Me With Inflight Yahyahs on AA

January 19th, 2010 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Satire · Wi-Fi

What’s a “yahyah” anyway?  Isn’t that from a Rolling Stones’ recording … “Get Yer Yahyahs Out,” or something like that.
Well … we’ve only just begun and already I digress …
What could be better than a Gogo Wi-Fi hotspot on board my sweet American Airlines ride at 40,000 feet?  Just one thing — THREE open seats [...]

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Tech Fans Question Authority, Yet Come Back For More

January 15th, 2010 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Gadgets · Sports · Wi-Fi

Twice in my career, I have interviewed for the top communications position at my alma mater, Texas Tech University. (The first time, several years ago, somehow I came in #2. Incidentally and sadly, that is the same high mark in the national rankings achieved by former Red Raider Coach Mike Leach.)
I have been [...]

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Most Rude Behavior Overcome With Wi-Fi In Sky

October 22nd, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Satire · Wi-Fi

Recently, I touched down ever so briefly in St. Louis, and looked forward to the characteristic smile/charm of a Southwest Airlines ticket agent — to get me on my way for the next leg of the journey. In fact, I was on my way to Media Day at Southwest Airlines headquarters in Dallas.
Then it [...]

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Light Reading — 12 Months Of Pings From The Road

September 14th, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Arts · Cities · Gadgets · Hotels · Satire · Sports

The commercial launch for PingWi-Fi.com was in November, a press conference hosted by San Francisco International Airport, but we have been up and running the blog for one year now.
How we doin?
Well, at the get-go, I said that I would consider the first year a success if we attended one and only one event … [...]

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Wi-Fi … Wi-Fi … Wi-Fi — Beatles and AA Come Together

September 9th, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Arts · Cities · Wi-Fi

“Number nine. Number nine. Number nine.”
(No … not Kasey Kahne of NASCAR …)

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PingWi-Fi Joins Mile-High Club … Of Wi-Fi On American Flight

August 25th, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Gadgets · Satire · Wi-Fi

Finally!
I have boarded many a plane since the introduction of Wi-Fi in the sky … but apparently I have been leaving and landing in the wrong cities — no Wi-Fi to be had.
Until Sunday, traveling from Winston-Salem … to Atlanta … to Dallas.
But first, have you ever been stuck on a plane next to a [...]

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Mile-High Wi-Fi, Connectivy On The Go, For Peanuts Yo

April 21st, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Gadgets · Wi-Fi

If you search for the hashtag Wi-Fi (#wi-fi) on Twitter, you may be surprised at the number of peeps whose lives apparently revolve around Wi-Fi access.
Seems perfectly normal to me … LOL

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American Airlines, Aircell Intro Mo Gogo — 300 Aircraft, Yo!

March 31st, 2009 · Tags: Airports · Cities · Wi-Fi

Here in Fargo, I am guessing we will be taking our Wi-Fi on the ground, with a hot and delicious beverage.  But others may be taking to the skies.  So, enjoy this bit of news from our friends at American Airlines:
AMERICAN AIRLINES ANNOUNCES DOMESTIC EXPANSION OF AIRCELL’S GOGO INFLIGHT INTERNET SERVICE

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