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Alaska Airlines and Row 44 Planning First U.S. Satellite-Based In-Air Wi-Fi

It looks like the first U.S. carrier to offer in-flight Wi-Fi using a satellite-based setup will be Alaska Airlines, which plans to roll the service out to its entire fleet by 2009, pending the results of a monthlong test this spring. Using Row 44's satellite system instead of an air-to-ground one, a la Virgin America and AirCell, means more bandwidth and wider coverage, at least according to Row 44's CEO. More »

6:15 AM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,554 views, 3 comments

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Virgin America Bringing In-Air Wi-Fi to Its Flights in 2008

Man, Virgin America is really making all other airlines look horrible. First they started flying with awesome high-tech Linux computers on every seat, seat-to-seat chat, games (Doom!), movies, music and food ordering, not to mention sexy mood lighting, and now they just announced something even cooler: air-to-ground broadband. More »

12:40 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
By Adam Frucci
8,842 views, 25 comments

Latest by dimo414: I remember loving Virgin Atlantic as a kid - they had games and personal tvs and everything! It was so sweet! We flew on Virgin for the first time in eight years when we went back to England more »