Well, the trip home proved to be a bit more leisurely than the outbound leg, so in addition to being able to grab a scandalously overpriced lunch at that Denver airport restaurant I missed on Monday, I was able to delve a little more deeply into the Wi-Fi situation there and in Salt Lake City. Both airports have it, but both are play-for-pay.
SLC, strangely, is unwired by Sprint, who abandoned their network at KCI to the city, which now runs it as a free offering. I can't help but wonder if they're faring any better out there than they did here, given that I didn't see anyone out there using them. The newly resurrected Ma Bell-you just can't keep a bad woman down, can you?-has Denver lit up, and I also saw a SSID there for an unencrypted network labled "Qwest Business Center" or something like that. Neither had any more customers in evidence than Sprint had back in Salt Lake. I did happen to see someone with a laptop in Denver, but he was using a Verizon cellular card.
And here's some more information about those payphone kiosks I mentioned in passing the other day. They're apparently dialup as opposed to Ethernet. I can't imagine anyone would really pay to do this any more, but should any of you have pangs of nostalgia upon reading this, get thee on a plane to DIA posthaste. Just make sure your modem drivers are up to date, and don't forget to pack your telephone cord.
One final update: Once I got home I Googled "Laptop Lane" and they're still around. They were bought last summer by another company, whose website indicates they still have a location in Salt Lake City's airport. So if your cravings for wired Internet access won't be sated by dialup at Denver, just check to make sure you've got an RJ-45 cable in your bag, fly on another hour west to SLC and you can knock yourself out with all the Ethernet you can afford at a dollar a minute.
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