More airliners offering onboard WiFi
Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that it would offer broadband wireless Internet access on its entire domestic mainline fleet by next summer. Continental Airlines had previously announced plans to offer similar service across a majority of its mainline fleet. everal other airlines either offer or plan to offer a similar service, though on a much more limited number of flights than Delta and Continental. Delta, which is based in Atlanta, said it would sell Wi-Fi service to customers traveling throughout the continental United States. The carrier is working with Aircell, an airborne communications provider, to install the network on Delta’s domestic fleet of more than 330 aircraft.
Fliers with Wi-Fi-enabled devices like laptops, smartphones and personal digital assistants will be able to access the Internet while in flight. The service will cost $9.95 on flights of three hours or less, and $12.95 on longer flights. Continental, based in Houston, said on Jan. 29 that it would introduce onboard Wi-Fi services including e-mail and instant messaging connectivity on flights operating within the continental United States at the beginning of next year. American Airlines, a unit of the AMR Corporation, will offer the same Wi-Fi service as Delta through Aircell later this year on 15 of its 767-200 aircraft, which generally fly transcontinental routes, a spokeswoman, September Wade, said.
Source: NY Times
hours of flight wudn’t be boring…
“More airliners offering onboard WiFi”
“The service will cost $9.95 on flights of three hours or less, and $12.95 on longer flights.”
Soo.. they are offering or selling?
And what is wifi for if they take our laptop at the airport? hehe
So expensive…
But the airport security will take the laptops from you,so how is good?
I found this funny, after reading that airport security allowed take and hold indefinitely any laptops…
idiots
Hmmm….wonder if they’ll over plug sockets for laptops after the bloody battery (+ replacement battery) die mid way through your flight???
meant to read:
Hmmm….wonder if they’ll offer plug sockets for laptops after the bloody battery (+ replacement battery) die mid way through your flight???
that’s cool, but will they hack in and find my eco-terrorist jihadist child porn pirated movie????
lol @ 4 and 5, thats the first thing i thought, they probably want you to download some bits while in-flight then cane your lappy when you land.. Top idea..
finally
visiting rlslog on the fly and downloading warez & pr0n on the airplane
can you hack the airplane computers?!@#
They prolly want to charge extra for this too, as they are charging extra for water now too.
But yesterday on CNN they said that VOIP calls would not be allowed from inside the plane!
Why they forbid that????
If it is because of terrorist talking, they can always use instant messaging.
WTF is the point of offering wifi if the TSA are confiscating laptops at the gate.
Have you been on a Delta flight lately? You’re lucky to be able sit down - Delta seems to be in permanent Chapter 11 and the bulk of their flights are handled by their “partner” ComAir, whose planes are little more than flying darts. On my return trip from Chicago last week, I asked the attendant for some vodka ($5 for one of those mini-bottles?) and she relied “They didn’t give me any alcohol for this flight.”
WiFi? it’s only a matter of time before Delta makes pressurization optional.