free wi-fi at the airports, for real this time?
With a touch of scepticism we had already published the announcement by Infraero (the Brazilian’s government body responsible for the country airports) that Brazilian airports were to offer free wi-fi.
Infraero, following the Brazilian government principle that every measure has to be announced with ostentation and then carried out when and if there is any time available, promised that free wi-fi access would be made available in December 2008. The date has now been postponed and wi-fi access should arrive to the 12 main Brazilian airports in June 2009. It remains to be seen the kind of service that will be provided, as the media is reporting that Infraero claims that due to date security reasons, access to secure sites (banks, email) will be restricted.