Flying the Wi-Fi skies
MSNBC.com --
"Airlines are testing the service, but what will travelers pay?
Most in-flight Wi-Fi services are free during the testing phase, in part to make sure the systems actually work and in part to familiarize travelers with using Wi-Fi in the air.
...In-flight Wi-Fi options In the past year, U.S. airlines have begun testing and offering some form of in-flight Wi-Fi service. JetBlue’s single “BetaBlue” plane has been equipped with a narrowband service that allows travelers to send e-mail and instant messages and plans to begin expanding the service to its A320 fleet sometime this year. American, Delta, United and Virgin America are working with Aircell to offer Gogo broadband Wi-Fi services (see related article, below, regarding GoGoInFlight) on a steadily increasing number of planes. Just last week, in fact, American Airlines — the first U.S. airline to get going with Gogo — announced plans to install in-flight broadband in more than 300 of its airplanes in the next two years. Virgin America plans to have all 28 of its planes Wi-Fi enabled by June. (About half are now.) And recently Alaska and Southwest airlines began testing Row 44’s satellite-delivered broadband Wi-Fi services on a few planes."
Read the entire article at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30113929/
Published by: MSNBC.com
Date: April 9, 2009
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