June 10, 2008

Free Internet @ Changi Airport, Singapore

When i arrived at Singapore i saw couple of guys sitting here and there and using the internet. I had heard from Bajaj as well about free Wi-Fi access at the airport but when you connect to the free Wi-Fi first, it redirects you to a Q-max page for every URL. The catch is you need to login before you can actually access Wi-Fi.

Just below the login page, there is an account creation page. It asks you couple of details including your phone number, passport number and email id. I mention these three because this is what you can use to obtain your access password. By default, they send your new a/c password to your email id and phone number and for most of the people like me, the phone is NOT on international roaming.

Once registered, you don't know the password but you can go to "Forgot password" link. They will re-ask your passport details, phone number and email id and allow you to reset. Thats it. You are ready to go. Apparently this registration is valid for next 3 years and allows you to access free Wi-Fi from many airports having the same service provider. A small trick helps you access free Wi-Fi and internet and you feel back home. :-) After i went through the work-around, i helped couple more guys who were coming back with me from SFO to India.

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