| If there's any sort of frustration that renders even | | | | The only trouble with this is that, unlike a wireless |
| the best of us powerless, it's the endless airport | | | | internet that uses a laptop, your cell phone's screen |
| delay. Anyone who has managed to get to the | | | | often isn't large enough to get serious work done |
| airport on time, perhaps a bit sleep-deprived, and | | | | from the road. If it looks like hours could turn into |
| board their first flight only to find hours and hours of | | | | overnight, figuring out how to get things done via a |
| downtime waiting at the connection city knows the | | | | cell phone screen might not actually work out. For |
| feeling. Endless lines at ticket counters to change | | | | those on their way to crucial business conferences, |
| flights and haggle emerge, seemingly out of nowhere, | | | | having that connection to an actual computer is |
| and everyone with a less-than-aggressive disposition | | | | important because it is space to work, just like in the |
| often opts to simply find solace in a comfortable seat | | | | office. |
| before there is only room to sit down on the floor. | | | | What's different now that didn't exist for travelers |
| For business travelers or anyone with something | | | | even a couple of years ago is the chance to forgo |
| significant on his or her plate, this can be even more | | | | the local Wi-Fi connection for your WiMax, no matter |
| stressful of an experience. After all, if you aren't | | | | where in the United States you happen to be. |
| expected somewhere, it doesn't matter as much | | | | Because this particular internet service provider |
| whether or not you are one of the few who is able | | | | operates using a national network that more closely |
| to get where you need to go. And while airport | | | | resembles the same way one's cell phone receives a |
| wireless internet has done a bit to improve the | | | | signal from just about anywhere, you don't have to |
| situation, when thousands are all delayed at the same | | | | worry about getting close to a router in any airport. |
| time, chances are that the local network is going to | | | | And better yet, this means that while others are |
| drag at such a painfully slow speed that getting | | | | shelling out a premium to connect or signing in |
| anything done, even sending a simple email, will turn | | | | exasperation while it takes too long for emails to |
| into its own personal dog and pony show. | | | | load, anyone with this new version of Wi-Fi can be |
| But the good news is that there are ways around | | | | easily sending and receiving data. |
| dealing with the airport Wi-Fi in favor of better | | | | If you find yourself on the road more often than |
| communications. For one, there's the fact that most | | | | not, it might be a wise idea to consider a technology |
| travelers will have access to a smartphone, or some | | | | that can offer you as much freedom as is possible |
| sort of cellular phone that allows for at least checking | | | | while stuck dealing with the whims of the weather |
| email. Just conserve your battery and don't spend | | | | and the airlines. After all, with all of the more troubling |
| too much money on data, and you might be able to | | | | changes that come along with travel these days, it's |
| flip things around in your schedule enough that you | | | | worthwhile to see the silver lining in delays with |
| aren't completely stressed out when you finally do | | | | better technology designed to actually serve you. |
| reach your final destination. | | | | |