{"id":1273,"date":"2009-01-21T01:40:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T06:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2009-01-21T01:40:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T06:40:58","slug":"skypes-roaming-wifi-and-the-singapore-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/01\/21\/skypes-roaming-wifi-and-the-singapore-airport","title":{"rendered":"Skype&#8217;s roaming WiFi, and the Singapore Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was in in the Singapore Changi Airport yesterday, and thought I should pull some mail while in the terminal, so as to be more productive on the plane ride home. Opening my laptop, I saw the following:<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/3212641950\/\" title=\"Skype Access - Wireless@SG by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3257\/3212641950_e0af66812a_o.jpg?resize=428%2C198\" width=\"428\" height=\"198\" alt=\"Skype Access - Wireless@SG\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Pretty nifty right? This is what you get with the new Skype <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\/intl\/en\/download\/skype\/macosx\/beta\/\">beta for Mac OS X 2.8<\/a> &#8211; access to roam on many wireless networks, via Boingo, in a new service called Skype Access. It comes out of your Skype credit, so you don&#8217;t need no stinkin&#8217; credit card.<\/p>\n<p>Over on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/3212641950\/\">Flickr<\/a> I was asked if the &euro;0.14 made sense per minute. I&#8217;m here to give you a resounding <b>no<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Wireless@SG is free to access. Just roam with Singtel, and dial *186. I wrote about this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/04\/11\/tips-for-the-singapore-airport\">previously<\/a>. 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Opening my laptop, I saw the following: Pretty nifty right? This is what you get with the new Skype beta for Mac OS X [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Skype%27s%20roaming%20WiFi%2C%20and%20the%20Singapore%20Airport&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F21%2Fskypes-roaming-wifi-and-the-singapore-airport&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Normally, this is a flight I make via Auckland or Sydney, but this time its via Singapore. Singapore is a hub in Asia, so let me share a few tips: The airport is huge.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Travel&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1248,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/29\/thai-airways-good-for-business-travellers","url_meta":{"origin":1273,"position":1},"title":"Thai Airways, good for business travellers","date":"29\/12\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Found a postcard, and decided that I should send it along to her. Called up the wonderful reception, and they said I should bring along the postcard to the concierge. At the concierge, I was told that I would need to pay 20 THB for postage. 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