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Tam announces internet and on-board telephone calls from June 2010
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Tam has announced that starting in June 2010 it is going to offer both internet access and mobile phone calls on board its flights. While internet access is a cool idea, we dread to think what it might be like to spend an entire flight listening to the conversation of the passenger sitting next to us. Prices haven’t been defined yet.
wi-fi lost somewhere along the way
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Third time we mention the topic. Infraero promised free internet for December 2008 (Brazilian airports to offer free wi-fi). Promise broken.
Then it promised free wi-fi for June 2009 (free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?). Promised broken again.
We were at Guarulhos international airport this weekend and not only was the wi-fi system nowhere to be seen. We questioned several Infraero employees about the service and their reply was that they had absolutely no idea of when the service would be finally implemented.
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free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?
free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?
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With a touch of scepticism we had already published the announcement by Infraero (the Brazilian’s government body responsible for the country airports) that Brazilian airports were to offer free wi-fi.
Infraero, following the Brazilian government principle that every measure has to be announced with ostentation and then carried out when and if there is any time available, promised that free wi-fi access would be made available in December 2008. The date has now been postponed and wi-fi access should arrive to the 12 main Brazilian airports in June 2009. It remains to be seen the kind of service that will be provided, as the media is reporting that Infraero claims that due to date security reasons, access to secure sites (banks, email) will be restricted.
links: at large
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The website at large is an excellent source of information on internet availability at airports throughout the world, including the Brazilian ones.
As many other 2.0 initiatives, the success of a site relies largely on the collaborations from its users. In the case of at large, and when it comes to Brazilian airports, the amount of information is alarmingly scarce. An airport with the traffic of Congonhas, in São Paulo, has no reviews. Guarulhos, also in São Paulo, the busiest airport in the country, has just the one review. We hope in time data for Brazilian airports will become available.
And since we are mentioning internet access, anybody remembers Infraero’s promise to make free wi-fi access available at the major Brazilian airports from December 2008 (Brazilian airports to offer free wi-fi)? It is a shame part of the Brazilian media is always eager to herald the announcements of the Brazilian government and lazy when it comes to find out whether promises turned into facts.
Brazilian airports to offer free wi-fi
Posted by: | CommentsCould it be that, for the first time in quite a number of years, Infraero is about to deliver good news? The Brazilian government’s body responsible for the running of airports in the country announced that from December it will offer its users free wi-fi access to the Internet at 12 airports.
The list of airports includes Guarulhos and Congonhas in São Paulo, Galeão and Santos Dumont in Río de Janeiro, Confins in Belo Horizonte, and the airports of Brasilia, Belém, Curitiba, Manaos, Porto Alegre, Recife and Salvador.
As Infraero is involved, we can only hope the promised connection is up to standards.
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Original text in Portuguese: Infraero: Internet de Graça nos Aeroportos
En español: aeropuertos brasileños pasarán a ofrecer Wi-Fi gratuita