I left India assuming that I would be able to access the net from different airports along the way. The hope was to not only do things like check mail but also to post blogs alogn the way, how cool would that have been :)
In any case, the hard reality that slapped me everywhere is that its almost impossible to get a WLAN connection on the go at airports. Bangkok International Airport and Narita are both supposed to have free WLAN access for people passing through, thats what their websites claim and they even have details of how to log on. The catch is that these airports are huge. Let me explain, the average WLAN point, the actual hardware that connects your device to the net has a short footprint, about a 100 feet on the average. We walked 1200 feet to get from one terminus to another or within termini to get to our next connecting flight.
Unless you have some kind of meter that can detect WLAN or precise and tell you signal strength, or precise directions about where to look, you're as good as dead. I mean where do you search? I had precise directions for Narita, go to Satellite 2 of Terminal 1, good enough? Actually not really, my flight left from Satellite 3, Satellite 2 was pretty far off and I simply didnt have the time to go wandering about an airport I didnt know looking for a WLAN signal I couldn't see.
You have to turn on the comp each time and search for networks. I have just about given up on all this, the SFN meeting I am going for is supposed to have WLAN access, we'll see how that goes. I hope I can post this from there.
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