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#CatTravels: Airports could learn from Atlanta

By Catherine Toth Fox • August 16, 2012 • #CatTravels

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I had never been to the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport before — but I had heard a lot of great things about it.

People I knew who had layovers here raved about the shopping and dining.

But I was most impressed by the technology considerations not often found at airports, let alone one of the world’s busiest.

First off, there’s free WiFi in places like food courts and gates. And just about everywhere there are convenient charging stations for folks to plug in their laptops and cell phones.

I love it.

It makes staying at the airport longer, thanks for stricter TSA regulations and security concerns, that much more manageable. I can actually be productive!

I hope other airports — like the Honolulu International Airport, which charges for Internet access — take notes. The ATL has it figured out.

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4 Comments

  • Reply WildeOscar August 16, 2012 at 4:18 am

    I was at the Columbus, OH, (yes “International”) airport yesterday, and I was surprised and impressed by the charging stations in the gate seating area. They’d installed plug-ins in convenient spots under just about every seat (old seats, new plug-ins), and under new tables separating groups of seats.

    Free WiFi I have yet to experience myself in an airport, but I’m sure it’s coming. I was a bit disappointed to find in Nashville a Starbucks shop with the seating arrangement of a regular full-service, free-standing shop (not just the usual airport take-away counter), but no AT&T/free WiFi. I guess many of the airports have exclusive deals with pay-providers like Boingo, and individual shops and airlines aren’t allowed to offer free WiFi. Not yet. Glad Atlanta has made it happen.

  • Reply David Jackson August 16, 2012 at 5:24 am

    This is fairly new to ATL and a step in the right direction. Used to be you’d sit and watch CNN which after 30 minutes repeated. six hour delays were HORRIBLE and frequent. Think that airports are finally getting a clue.

  • Reply M August 16, 2012 at 6:36 am

    Hello Cat,

    I’m hoping you can get Wifi in Costa Rica.

  • Reply GA Bows August 16, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Yes, there’s Wifi in Costa Rica.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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