Boingo Brings Travelers Super Fast Wi-Fi at Seven U.S. Airports
Photo Credit: iPhone accessing Boingo Passpoint Secure network. Boingo
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If airports want to welcome and comfort travelers, that phrase's definition implies more than charging outlets and iPads at gates or restaurants featuring local cuisines. Having a slow Wi-Fi connection isn't an extension of home for many travelers but it's encouraging to see faster speeds will soon become more common.
Some travelers visiting family or journeying away for the holidays may find faster Wi-Fi than they have at home at several U.S. airports.
Boingo announced this week that, for the first time, it introduced Wi-Fi speeds of up to 50 mbps at seven U.S. airports: New York's JFK and LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago's O'Hare and Midway, and Boston's Logan International Airports. Considering the average U.S. Internet speed is about 12 mbps, that's a huge leap for airport Wi-Fi (see chart below for
