Quote Originally Posted by Jim Rosenow View Post
I think most of us can agree that for many people who attend OSH, cell phone coverage, and to a lesser extent internet access, is necessary to job-related functions while in attendance. My opinion is that EAA is in no way obligated to provide it.

To condense some specific comments I remember from the thread (paraphrasing)...


EAA has an app so they should supply the bandwidth to use it....I have LiveATC on my phone, but don't expect them to provide internet so I can access it.

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I see wifi on the field as a courtesy. We (and yes my wife is one of those critical to the organization folks) were able to use the phone and a personal hotspot for wifi to do anything we needed.

Life is good, folks!! :-) (Flame suit on and locked!!)

Jim
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Jim, although I generally agree with your summary, I think that you are off target on the point about the app and wifi. In years past, yes, it was a very nice courtesy to us all. This year, however, EAA pushed the app as the way for you to stay up on everything, including developments, changes, and so on. For the first few days, it pushing the app and all of the great things it would do seemed to be part of their script. Part of the script was that you stayed connected over the wifi. Similarly, EAA pushed the availability of the wifi for all kinds of AirVenture related purposes. THAT made things different. EAA created an expectation of availability and service in a way they had not done in the past. If an organization promotes a service and creates an expectation then it needs to do its best to fulfill the expectation it created.