A rencent trip from Austin to San Francisco and back took us through four airports -- silly me assuming that all of them would naturally have free wi-fi available so I could continue to make my deadlines for design clients... ooops wrong.
Here's a breakdown of airports (anyone have others or changes to add?):
AUS Austin Bergstrom International:
$6.95 (good until midnite of date used) or various monthly or pre-paid plans, serviced by local company, Wayport. Free limited wi-fi access available for airport services. To their credit they were the first US airport to install 802.11g network.
PHX Phoenix Sky Harbor:
Free full-featured Wi-Fi, thank you.
SFO San Francisco International:
$6.00 for first hour + $.10 for each additional minute, $9.95 per 24 hours or many other available plans, serviced by T-Mobile HotSpots
OAK Oakland International:
$9.95 (24 hour access) or $49.95 monthly, serviced by Sprint. Free limited wi-fi access available for airport services.
LAS McCarren International Las Vegas:
Free full-featured Wi-Fi, thank you.
Ultimately, it seems that free all-access wi-fi should be a service that any traveller should be able to expect without making special arrangements through a cell phone service or by having to pay excessive fees ($1-$2 would at least be more reasonable). My routing choices will reflect free wi-fi access as much as it makes logical sense to do so. If anyone has experience to share with other airports please put them in a comment and i'll add to the list.
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