Boston Wi-Fi Spat Born in Airport Lounge May Set U.S. Rules

[SOURCE: Bloomberg, AUTHOR: Brian K. Sullivan bsullivan10@bloomberg.net & Molly Peterson mpeterson9@bloomberg.net]
A fight over Web access at a lounge in Boston's Logan International Airport may determine how thousands of businesses use the Internet. The Massachusetts Port Authority demanded Continental Airlines Inc. take down an antenna that receives signals for the service in its lounge for frequent flyers. Continental wants federal regulators to intervene, saying the case could grant landlords with office buildings, stadiums and airports nationwide the right to decide who can operate networks. Massport said it needs to control wireless access to the Web at Logan, the 17th-largest airport in the U.S., to maintain security. Airlines use Wi-Fi to track baggage, the state police use it to transmit data between officers, and the Transportation Security Administration uses it for communications between its checkpoints and a central station.
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