[Bromskloss]

> It just seems a petty thing for airports to do, to try and make a few dollars or euros or pounds that way.

Doesn't the party on the other side of the transaction – i.e. you and I who do not want to pay for an Internet connection – have the same attitude?

[Rjevski]

Often you can't even easily pay for it. If they would just put an "ATM" where you insert your card/cash and get a WPA2 password in exchange it would be so much better.