Better pack a book

Chicago may be a great place to be, but it's certainly not an easy place ot get to. The highways are clogged at all hours, Amtrak is an unreliable mess outside the Northeast Corridor and O'Hare is the most-delayed airport in the country. I've only been there myself for two roundtrips, both times departing and arriving as scheduled. Had I stayed longer, I would have liked to do something other than stuff myself at Burrito Beach. The problem is that there's no WiFi at O'Hare, making this international hub a technology laggard. The city has been working on it, accepting bids and selecting a contractor, but the work is slow in coming.

From today's Sun-Times:

"Roberson has selected Broderick's client, Chicago Concourse Development, to install a wireless, high-fidelity system, known as WI-FI, to give travelers easier access to the Internet from their laptop computers at O'Hare and Midway airports. Roberson is awaiting City Council OK to begin negotiations with Chicago Concourse.

It's been nearly two years since the city asked for proposals on the job. Nine companies responded, and it took the city a year to pick one, Chicago Concourse.

And now nearly another year has gone by, and the city has yet to strike a deal with Chicago Concourse to get the job done. The deal calls for the city to make at least $11 million over 10 years."

A "wireless, high-fidelity system, known as WI-FI"? Really now, what is this, 2001? Not only are most readers sophisticated enough to know what Wi-Fi is, but the description used provides no additional information as to what it is. Does printing in a smaller format actually make your reporters dumber?