Pam Shelpuk

"We see the initial market for CyberFlyer to be laptop business users who have a need for a high-speed port rather than the slow ports at public phones," said Pam Shelpuk, vice president of marketing and communications for CyberFlyer Technologies."Then will come the leisure travelers who will feel the need to keep in touch through the Internet.Then, as the Internet grows, CyberFlyer can expand to give broader access to a wider population of users."

As well as simple traveler convenience, companies are also selling the concept of Internet kiosks as resources for such things as advertising insertions, local and national promotions and tracking services, all of which could provide valuable new revenue streams for airports.

Wireless services, driven in part by this expansion of the Internet but also by recent advances in wireless and semiconductor technologies, are on track for a similar eye-popping growth.

We see the initial market for CyberFlyer to be laptop business users who have a need for a high-speed port rather than the slow ports at public phones , said Pam Shelpuk , vice president of marketing and communications for CyberFlyer Technologies.Then will come the leisure travelers who will feel the need to keep in touch through the Internet.Then , as the Internet grows , CyberFlyer can expand to give broader access to a wider population of users..

As well as simple traveler convenience , companies are also selling the concept of Internet kiosks as resources for such things as advertising insertions , local and national promotions and tracking services , all of which could provide valuable new revenue streams for airports.

Wireless services , driven in part by this expansion of the Internet but also by recent advances in wireless and semiconductor technologies , are on track for a similar eye-popping growth.

But finding a phone jack for their laptop is sometimes difficult," says Pam Shelpuk, vice president of marketing and communications for Denver-based CyberFlyer Technologies.She notes that travelers wait in airports an average of 60 minutes each trip.

Consumers could still use Web-enabled ATMs to withdraw cash, but could also browse through their checking account or read about a bank's 401(k) program, said Pam Shelpuk, CyberFlyer marketing manager.

Meanwhile, a joint venture with Host Marriott that CyberFlyer announced in summer 1997, to install public Internet terminals in cafes in seven U.S. airports, was delayed for months for legal reasons that Shelpuk said have now been resolved.CyberFlyer expects to begin placing terminals in Host Marriott airport cafes this spring, she said.

Intouch Group, a San Francisco company that builds interactive kiosks for music retailers, is also targeting vertical markets for Internet terminals.

Intouch developed software that sits on top of Internet Explorer 4.0 and allows access only to a pre-authorized set of Web sites.

Consumers could still use Web-enabled ATMs to withdraw cash, but could also browse through their checking account or read about a bank's 401(k) program, said Pam Shelpuk, CyberFlyer marketing manager.

Meanwhile, a joint venture with Host Marriott that CyberFlyer announced in summer 1997, to install public Internet terminals in cafes in seven U.S. airports, was delayed for months for legal reasons that Shelpuk said have now been resolved.CyberFlyer expects to begin placing terminals in Host Marriott airport cafes this spring, she said.