Charlotte Airport Public WIFI Blocks HomeBrewTalk.com

olllllo · Apr 26, 2008

I just proxied their asses. WTF???

Klainmeister · Apr 26, 2008

You can't look at "Alcohol and Tobacco" related topics in an airport?! Wtf mate.

olllllo · Apr 26, 2008

It is verboten!

Klainmeister · Apr 26, 2008

Vollscheisse! So what'd you end up doing? Proxie-ing?

MikeFlynn74 · Apr 26, 2008

lol now theres efficient use of your $$$

olllllo · Apr 26, 2008

Yes with one of a million proxies.What ******* company got that fat contract.

olllllo · Apr 26, 2008

Apparently if you are the GOP nominee and the bulk of your wealth comes from your wife's fortunes distributing Bud (Cindy McCain/Hensley), you can get to that site: http://www.hensley.com/survey/ageverify.aspx But the Budweisser site is blocked.HA!

Klainmeister · Apr 26, 2008

olllllo said:
Apparently if you are the GOP nominee and the bulk of your wealth comes from your wife's fortunes distributing Bud (Cindy McCain/Hensley), you can get to that site: http://www.hensley.com/survey/ageverify.aspx But the Budweisser site is blocked.HA!

LOL Classic

Professor Frink · Apr 26, 2008

Welcome to NC ollllllo. You'll get plenty of beer time today :mug:

BleedsDogFish · Apr 26, 2008

Cmon guys, you know this is all part of the plan for censored internet. IE.....the government provides free wifi, but without all the fun things that we all love about the internet......ESTABLISHMENT!!!!

Donasay · Apr 28, 2008

This is why I always tell people to use TOR the onion router, it slows you down on public connections, but no one can figure out what you are doing.

ohiobrewtus · Apr 28, 2008

Fairly common practice, I'd guess. Especially for public areas. We have the same restrictions here at work, but fortunately for me I'm the IT guy so the rules do not apply to me.

kornkob · Apr 28, 2008

*shrug* I'm sure that it's a 'save the children' thing so that some reporter on a slow news day doesn't write the article with the headline:

Are Kids at Charlotte Airport Exposed to Porn, Alcohol and Tobacco?

Can't hardly blame them for it because they could take a bath in the press if they didn't

olllllo · Jan 24, 2009

Apparently Stan Hieronymous has run into the WiFi Blockage problem as well.

Twitter / Stan Hieronymus: @beerinator only the charl ...

homebrewer_99 · Jan 24, 2009

If it were an International Airport with Duty Free shops I think you'd have a complaint...blocking while distributing...

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