Perhaps Paul’s next long-haul flight will be more enjoyable with the (re)introduction of in-flight ‘net access. The past week has seen a flurry of announcements.
- American Airlines: Announced a partnership with AirCell to trial WiFi access on their transcontinental 767-200s, starting 2008.
- Qantas: The Flying Kangaroo will equip their shiny new A380s and not-so-shiny 747s with connectivity provided by OnAir. The A380s will also come equipped with self-service food and drink bars.
- Lufthansa: The first and largest customer of Boeing’s now-defunct Connexion service is working with T-Mobile to restore in-flight Internet access to their sixty-plus long-range aircraft. Other notable Connexion customers included Singapore Airlines, Korean Airlines, ANA, and JAL.
Of note, this Travellin’ Man witnessed two business class customers on a March 2006 LAX - Frankfurt non-stop utilize the Lufthansa / Connexion service to play World of Warcraft for 14 consecutive hours.
There’s nothing like a little PWNAGE at 35,000 feet, is there?
There's an August free wifi for iPhone users out -
Here's how to use it for your laptop and ... anything else that uses firefox?
There's an August free wifi for iPhone users at a seemingly random scattering of American airports out -
Here's how to use it for your laptop and ... anything else that uses firefox?
Having wifi access would be great - my only concerns would be having enough juice in my laptop battery, and more importantly, whether I would have to put up with people's Skype conversations.
Well, in a lot of business class cabins, there's 120v AC power available. And there's AC power available in Emirates coach, though the seats are so close together that I don't know that there's room to open a laptop.
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