…is faster than the cable I had in the US, and the DSL I have in Pakistan. 300 kbps down, for free…. the 4 hour layover is going much better than anticipated in part thanks to the free wifi at Hong Kong Airport. You have to get out of your shell to realize what you have could be alot better (For my more curious friends : By that, I mean my DSL connection could be alot better…)
Now for a quick review of the Internet Kiosks at Karachi Airport that I had time to go through while waiting for the Hk flight:
At Karachi Airport, the Wateen built/sponsored internet kiosks were good too and did help but I think they were designed to give users back, neck and wrist pain in under 10 minutes (probably so people leave the stations after that, if so, genius! but probably not…) While they have solved the dirty washroom problem at Karachi Airport, the public washrooms are …ah yes! relatively clean…these internet kiosks I think have tiny bacteria cities growing around them…! The Mobilink Infinity Kiosk, all pretty and slick with an expensive HP screen and Logitech Keyboard, DID not work at all and just advertised the “speed” of Infinity but did not let anyone logon. And no sign saying if this is an advertisement thingamajig or a public terminal, or a broken terminal. I think about 20 people came by, tried, it got ticked off and left to sit on the old worn down wateen sponsored terminals (myself included). Some of my unsolicited feedback for Infinity : NO ONE wants to read 10 line paras on a screen at the airport on a terminal that looks like a internet terminal. Would be nice to see good, intelligent slogans, and a free internet terminal, so we can love Mobilink (that we pay alot of money to monthly). Or just remove the darned thing. Worse than no message is a negative message you think is a good message!
Wifi? no idea, but I dont think its 300 kbps. Till now, unless Mobilink Infinity shapes up, or someone smarter comes in and sponsors good connections, all we have is bacteria-infested-once-upon-a-time-wateen terminals running IE 6. 
Good thing gmail works on that browser!
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January 1st, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Re wifi at Hong Kong airport - so now you believe me???
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:10 am
yes I do !
I submit that thee is right!! 
January 8th, 2009 at 2:21 am
i agree its lousy not to find a decent Internet connection at the airport, however i was recently in sahiwal and was staying in a shabby so called hotel and found a pretty decent wifi connection there.
January 11th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
so even more reason for the country’s busiest airport to have atleast some form of decent wifi. Did i mention that my bags were RFID tagged at Hong Kong Airport too?
January 12th, 2009 at 5:25 am
About roughly 1 year ago, we submitted a letter to the Director General of CAA, to be able to provide complete 100% Wifi coverage free (read that folks FREE of charge) to everyone, provided the following 5 points were accepted.
1. We will NOT pay CAA anything. (I think that was the deal breaker)
2. We will cover lounges only, not offices and other airport areas
3. The system will be a Wifi Mesh - so plug points at various locations would be required and CAA would have to make arrangements for it.
4. Electricity bill we will pay based on kVh rates.
5. A very small 12″x12″ signs be allowed to be put up throughout the lounges in a fair manner that Wifi is enabled and provided by us.
There was NO advertising, no revenue sharing, no pop-ups, no scratch cards to buy, nothing. A total of 24Mbps was catered for the two lounges (12+12).
Never heard back from them.
January 14th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
well, you’re right. the CAA doesnt care about its passengers really. they just want money flowing into their pockets….
January 15th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
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January 17th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Siemens… i guess
March 7th, 2009 at 1:29 am
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December 3rd, 2009 at 6:11 am
AOA. i want to get the connection of wifi for my iphone but i can not know where i apply for this if u know about it PLZ inform me at shajaat75@gmail.com