Concourse to launch in Minneapolis/St. Paul in March: after months of pushing the date back, almost certainly due largely to airports' changes in priority, this article from the Star Tribune quotes Concourse as launching March 1 in Minneapolis-St. Paul's airport. The article's opening paragraph and headline overstates the uniqueness of this event, saying that this will be the first major airport to get uniform coverage. It's not, as is well documented elsewhere, but it is an interesting and unique combination of service provider (Concourse) and back-office/roaming manager (iPass). A second version of the story also appeared which claims that travelers with existing Wi-Fi cards won't pay any fees.
Dick Snyder of Concourse wrote to alert me of the article and note that there is no free service. In fact, everybody pays. The articles note that Concourse hired iPass, but it seems that the arrangement is more cooperative. Concourse has a partnership with iPass to provide back-office billing and account management.
WiFi Metro officially launches: WiFi Metro launches its for-fee service today with about 40 hot spots and 50 more in the works. For $19.95 per month, you get access to their network plus their JumpStart partners. I'm seeing the mesh start to get finer.
Still no word on Sky.Link Internet Plus: the Canadian Wi-Fi hot spot provider is missing. Any leads?