From: Suresh Ramasubramanian (no email)
Date: Sun Feb 04 2007 - 10:00:12 EST
On 2/3/07, Gadi Evron <> wrote:
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > What do nanogers usually do when caught in a situation like this?
>
> Important question: if memory serves, and you are in the "Paris Charles de
> Gaulle International Airport", wireless costs money.
Yes - at a hilton there. Only - its a swisscom hotspot. And trying to
explain things to tier 1 tech support might not be the most useful
thing to do .. I'm going to be already jetlagged and catching up on
work before my next flight.
> I had this problem in a more annoying location. On a connexxion wireless
> on a flight to NYC.
Funny. During its all too brief life, Connexion By Boeing never gave
me this sort of problem, I used to use it all the time on lufthansa
flights.
> What I do if there are no alternatives is very simply... kick back and
> listen to some music (unless you have some cellular 3G connectivity).
Yeah, and then go catch up on all the work that's piled up after 18++
hours flying from the US to India. Fun.
Thread's gone way OT now - I'll close it here.
-- Suresh Ramasubramanian ()
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