Kamis, 26 Juni 2008

Wednesday is the day that at least some cross-country business travelers find the holy grail of business travel: in-flight wireless broadband.

American Airlines is the first domestic carrier to offer Wi-Fi Internet access to passengers. The Connexion by Boeing service was available on some overseas flights for a while, before it died in August 2006 after the program spent $1 billion over six years.

The difference: Boeing used a satellite backhaul and had heavy equipment. Heavy on a plane is bad (though thats only part of the reason theyre charging you extra for your suitcase). The new gogo service - which will be on all of Americans 767-200 planes traveling from New York (JFK airport) to Los Angeles and eventually some flights in and out of San Francisco and Miami as well - is lighter and connects to a series of air-to-ground terrestrial towers using a version of EVDO Rev A technology. gogo is run by Aircell. If it works, maybe itll be on all flights someday.

READ THE REST OF THIS STORY AT GEARLOG: "IN-FLIGHT WI-FI LAUNCHES ON AMERICAN AIRLINES"

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