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Southwest Airlines Testing Satellite Broadband Internet Access For Your Pleasure

By Jason Chen, 12:54 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008, 1,774 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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According to their own press release, Southwest is going to be testing in-flight broadband satellite Wi-Fi access so you can check your mail and do all sorts of stuff (though probably not surf porn or talk to someone on Skype). They'll start testing on four planes this summer, with a wider rollout to come whenever they damn well feel like it. [PRNewswire]

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