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American Airlines Installing Wi-Fi on 318 Planes
As of right now, American Airlines has Gogo Wi-Fi on all of 15 planes. Today they've announced that 318 more planes will be getting this $100,000 upgrade...but it will take a few years for the project to be complete. By the time it actually happens, I plan on having internet beamed straight to my soul. It'll only be 6Mbps, but I'll really feel the pain of all those cat memes. [LA Times]
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By Mark WilsonComment by Nick: did they say anything about blocking skype and or the naughty bits? 4 Responses | Other threads
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Southwest Airlines' In-Flight Wi-Fi Free While In Beta
Southwest this week began testing their own in-flight wi-fi service, based on a satellite connection from Row 44. It's on one plane now with more coming soon, and right now, it's free. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by LavaTea: I can't believe no one made a comment on the all of the men in the picture... and they are... 8 Responses | Other threads
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inflight wi-fi
United Airlines Wi-Fi to Cost $13 Later This Year
United has announced more details regarding their long-planned inflight internet services. Coming in the second half of this year, Wi-Fi will cost customers $13 per flight. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by verythrax: Why charge for it? People can access wifi almost everywhere, and plane tickets aren't exactly cheap. How about giving it for... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Delta to Launch In-Flight Wi-Fi In The Next Few Weeks
Previously shooting for the first half of 2009, word is now that Delta's in-flight wi-fi rollout will begin before the end of 2008—i.e. very soon. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by chauncy that billups: If it's like everything else delta, they'll charge $15 for the first hour, and $25 each additional hour. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Flight Test: Porn and VOIP Confirmed at 35,000 Feet
Jalopnik's Road Test Editor Wes Siler is currently at 35,000 feet, flying American Airlines from LA to NY. Since his Boeing 767 had the recently launched Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi, and since he was already using it to get his work done, we decided to see how far the service could go in terms of in-flight comforts. More »
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Comment by dimsum4u: haha pornhub..don't act like you dont know =P. That is pretty awesome that there is now wifi up in the... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Porn in the sky
American Airlines Caves In to Religious Groups' Pressure, Filters In-Flight Porn
I was hoping that American Airlines would stand up against religious groups' stupid demands, keeping their in-flight online service completely un-filtered. After all, they had great arguments: filtering porn sites will jeopardize the access to legitimate web sites, hindering the usability of their airplane wireless network. Not to mention the fact that people wanting to look at naughty bits in airplanes can always watch the porn stored in their computers, cellphones, and personal multimedia players. The network filtering is not going to change that. Sadly, they now have changed their tune: More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Ok, but to be fair to the Atheist groups they have to block religous sites also.... 27 Responses | Other threads
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censoring the friendly skies
Delta to Block Porn On In-Flight Wi-Fi So Flight Attendants Don't Have To
Where the open internet goes, porn follows; howerver, this golden rule is being re-evaluated for the friendly skies by Delta, who plans to filter web sites used on their implementation of Aircell's Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service. While most of the early adopters of in-flight Wi-Fi have said they will only filter certain types of traffic and not web content itself, relying on flight attendants to handle case-by-case complaints of passengers attempting to join the solo mile high club right from their seat. Which they obviously weren't too happy about. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by purple-pillows: censorship... are we going to get charged for this too? 11 Responses | Other threads
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Don'tcha Know?
Air Canada to Be First International Airline With Aircell In-Flight Wi-Fi
Aircell, the company behind American Airlines and later Delta's in-flight Wi-Fi services, has just signed up Air Canada to be the next airline to offer its passengers the web in the air via Gogo. They'll soon begin fitting their Airbus A319s with the necessary gear, and the service will begin on select flights that cross the border to the south starting in the spring of 2009, guaranteeing no Canuck is without live NHL score updates and news about their bad-ass socialized health care for more than a few minutes at a time. Phew. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by ANoel: Maybe Air Canada could start by deploying Bose Noise-Cancelling headphones. Criterion Collection movies. Decent food. Interesting drink. Cute stewardesses. Ban... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Aircell Responds to In-Flight VoIPers: Just Don't Do It
It's a rule as old as time: tell a bunch of geeks they can't do something, and they will find a way. Any way. Thus the Flash-based Phweet trick to get around Aircell and American Airlines' ban on VoIP using their Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service. Now, Aircell has responded with a light wrist-slapping statement. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by catfewd: I agree, they haven't figured out how to charge $5.99/minute for VoIP calls so instead they're banning them. If they... 7 Responses | Other threads
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quick tips
How to Make VoIP Calls on Aircell's In-Flight Wi-Fi
The folks at Aircell, providers of the Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service that launched on American last week, have admitted that the ban on video and VoIP chats via Skype and other clients is not bandwidth related, it's for the sanity of everybody else on the plane (much like the in-flight calling ban that's started to float around Congress). Well, after the first few days of the service, Andy over at VoIP Watch has found a backdoor via the Twitter-based VoIP app Phweet that allows for chatting from 35,000 feet. If you must, read on for the details. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by martin0641: Not only is this non-enforceable due to my ability to route my VPN over port 80 if I feel like... more » | Other threads
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American Airlines In-Flight Wi-Fi Launches Today on Three Routes
If you're flying on an AA 767-200 from NYC to San Francisco, Miami or Los Angeles, you can kick the tires of American's new Gogo/Aircell in-flight Wi-Fi service for $12.95 (the rate for flights over 3 hours). It's the same provider Delta will be using as they roll out the service fleetwide starting soon. Let us know how it is from the air, Giz jet-setters. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by sheyingshi: Yeah, that sound like a real deal. Blazingly slow connection for an exorbitant amount of money, then the twit in... more » | Other threads
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reviews
Walt Mossberg Reviews GoGo In-Flight Wi-Fi (Verdict: Fast, But Not Fast Enough)
Walt just tested GoGo, the in-flight Wi-Fi service, on a bunch of laptops and smartphones during a flight from San Francisco to Denver. The service distributes, via Wi-Fi, a high speed cellphone data signal pointed at airplanes, which Mossy rated at around 600kbps down and 250kbps up. This was quick enough for Walt to browse the web, send emails with iPhone rumor attachments, and talk on IM to his ladies, but it couldn't keep up with streaming video onXtubeHulu. Also, VoIP is blocked, and cell calls aren't possible either. Still, Mossy thought it did well enough for someone who can't stay off the grid for a few hours. GoGo costs $10 for flights under three hours, and $13 for longer ones. It'll begin rolling out in the next few weeks on American Airlines, with Virgin soon to follow. [AllThingsD]
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Comment by aec007: First company that comes out with an ADD paid service (so it's free to the customer) that does not block... more » | Other threads
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Comment by SneakerFiend: How many people are actually going to be willing to pay the 10 dollars??? If the 2MBs is for share then... more » | Other threads
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