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I'm not sure this is a good thing to do, but airports that don't have free open wifi annoy me. It's so useful to have internet access when you arrive in a forei

I'm not sure this is a good thing to do, but airports that don't have free open wifi annoy me. It's so useful to have internet access when you arrive in a foreign country, for figuring out how to get into the city, or to communicate with a hotel etc, and sometimes its unfeasible to use your own sim abroad. It just seems a petty thing for airports to do, to try and make a few dollars or euros or pounds that way.

realusername 8y ago
I also hate people who put an open wifi requiring an SMS token in an Airport... You know, the only place where you have a good chance of your SIM Card not working for being abroad...
- 1024core 8y ago
  Exactly! I'm looking at you, Delhi Airport! The f'n morons advertise "free wifi! free wifi!!" everywhere, but when you actually want to use it, they demand a phone number to send an SMS message. Are the people in charge there really that clueless??
  - vedtopkar 8y ago
    I got burned by this exactly a couple of years ago. Flight into Delhi was delayed, desperately needed wifi to communicate with my ride upon arrival, but no wifi without an active SIM card. Infuriating.
  - blntechie 8y ago
    Knowing India, it's probably Government mandated for what they call 'security reasons'. It's hard to get free WiFi or internet without providing a phone number in India.
    - pandler 8y ago
      Yeah sounds pretty typical of India in my experience. Can’t get WiFi unless you have a sim
  - ryanlol 8y ago
    The admin login for the panel where you can turn off SMS auth for delhi airport wifi is “admin:admin” or something very similar IIRC.
  - selectodude 8y ago
    That’s just the law in a lot of countries. I’d have to eat the 50 cents a lot and just receive an international SMS.
    - londons_explore 8y ago
      Some won't even allow an international phone number. They demand a local phone number... Have fun with that...
      - Asraelite 8y ago
        Internet over DNS it is.
Bromskloss 8y ago
> It just seems a petty thing for airports to do, to try and make a few dollars or euros or pounds that way. Doesn't the party on the other side of the transaction – i.e. you and I who do not want to pay for an Internet connection – have the same attitude?
- Rjevski 8y ago
  Often you can't even easily pay for it. If they would just put an "ATM" where you insert your card/cash and get a WPA2 password in exchange it would be so much better.

realusername 8y ago

I also hate people who put an open wifi requiring an SMS token in an Airport... You know, the only place where you have a good chance of your SIM Card not working for being abroad...

1024core 8y ago
Exactly! I'm looking at you, Delhi Airport! The f'n morons advertise "free wifi! free wifi!!" everywhere, but when you actually want to use it, they demand a phone number to send an SMS message. Are the people in charge there really that clueless??
- vedtopkar 8y ago
  I got burned by this exactly a couple of years ago. Flight into Delhi was delayed, desperately needed wifi to communicate with my ride upon arrival, but no wifi without an active SIM card. Infuriating.
- blntechie 8y ago
  Knowing India, it's probably Government mandated for what they call 'security reasons'. It's hard to get free WiFi or internet without providing a phone number in India.
  - pandler 8y ago
    Yeah sounds pretty typical of India in my experience. Can’t get WiFi unless you have a sim
- ryanlol 8y ago
  The admin login for the panel where you can turn off SMS auth for delhi airport wifi is “admin:admin” or something very similar IIRC.
- selectodude 8y ago
  That’s just the law in a lot of countries. I’d have to eat the 50 cents a lot and just receive an international SMS.
  - londons_explore 8y ago
    Some won't even allow an international phone number. They demand a local phone number... Have fun with that...
    - Asraelite 8y ago
      Internet over DNS it is.

Bromskloss 8y ago

> It just seems a petty thing for airports to do, to try and make a few dollars or euros or pounds that way. Doesn't the party on the other side of the transaction – i.e. you and I who do not want to pay for an Internet connection – have the same attitude?

Rjevski 8y ago
Often you can't even easily pay for it. If they would just put an "ATM" where you insert your card/cash and get a WPA2 password in exchange it would be so much better.