FCC Slaps Logan Airport
Posted on Wednesday, November 1st, 2006 at 23:15.
Massport, as previously mentioned, forced airlines and shops to stop offering Wi-Fi or be evicted from Logan Airport due to security
concerns.
Apparently the airport’s over priced Wi-Fi service could deter terrorists from getting online in ways free Wi-Fi could not. MassPort had planned to evict the entire City of Boston for launching its free city-wide Wi-Fi later this year.
Today, the Boston Globe reported that the FCC ruled against Logan Airport’s incompetency. FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said that Massport’s claim that Continental violated the FCC’s Over-the-Air Reception Devices (OTARD) rules was Otarded,
while he thumped his chest with a limp wrist hand gesture.
