Internet charges at German airports are daylight robbery, said Dutch politician Neelie Kroes, head of the EU's digital agenda policy flagship, in a rant on Twitter.
People are entitled to expect free internet access in 2014, Kroes tweeted at Düsseldorf Airport on Wednesday, where passengers have to pay €6 an hour to use the WiFi. This made mobile roaming charges look cheap, she said.
In #Dusseldorf airport: they charge for #WiFi – it is thievery! We pay huge charges to use airports, people expect connectivity in 2014!
— Neelie Kroes (@NeelieKroesEU) March 26, 2014
€6 per hour here at #Dusseldorf airport. It makes #roaming look cheap !
— Neelie Kroes (@NeelieKroesEU) March 26, 2014
Munich and Nuremberg airports are more generous, offering 30 minutes online for free, with Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg giving passengers 60 minutes access before they hit a paywall.
Cologne/Bonn airport offers unlimited free access.
Possibly as a result of Kroes' comments, Düsseldorf is planning to introduce 30 minutes online for free from the beginning of April, an airport spokesman told the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper on Thursday.
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