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November 11, 2005
The Long Commute to Tunis
It's just before 4pm here in Boston and I'm sitting in the Air France lounge waiting for my flight to Paris. If all goes well, I'll have a two-hour layover in Paris and a two-hour flight to Tunis; that should put me on the ground somewhere around 11am local time. It sounds like they've set up a welcome desk for WSIS delegates so they can take shuttles to the registration area, then to our hotels. I'll probably be pretty exhausted then, but I suppose it's best to get the badging procedures completed early, so I don't have to waste time at the start of the summit.
Meanwhile, I'm pleasantly surprised there is free wi-fi in the Air France lounge. Massport, which runs Logan Airport, had shut down all the free wi-fi points in the airport lounges, insisting that passengers use their fee-based service for "security reasons." This was a bunch of BS, of course, so complaints were filed by passengers - including me - to the FCC. I didn't think the situation was resolved, but nonetheless I've got free access. Not that I'm complaining or anything.... -andy
Posted by acarvin at November 11, 2005 3:46 PM
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