Continental has 27 Presidents Club lounges in airports worldwide, each of which provides free Internet access for its members and visitors to the lounges.

"Today, we strike a victory for the Wi-Fi revolution in the cradle of the American Revolution," said FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein in a . "The Wi-Fi movement embodies the spirit of American freedom, and in our action we say, 'Don't tread on me.' The movement has been one of the great telecommunications success stories because it enables American consumers and businesses to offer and receive broadband services at the most local levels -- at any time, in any place."

Massport, the state agency that operates Logan Airport, sought to remove Continental's Wi-Fi antenna and to use Massport's carrier.

Last year, Massport asked the airline to stop offering its customers free Wi-Fi service, saying it presented an unacceptable risk to other communications equipment at the airport. In addition, Massport officials claimed that Continental was violating its lease by offering the free service and said that if the airline did not remove its antenna, the state agency would take "all necessary steps to have the antenna removed."

Continental then filed a petition for relief with the FCC in July 2005 stating that the FCC's regulations preempted the lease restrictions that Massport tried to enforce.