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Delta rolls out Wi-Fi across U.S. fleet

In the not too distant future your corporate VPN will follow you on any plane you fly. Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that it is rolling out Aircell's broadband Wi-Fi access across its 330 planes in the U.S. and rest assured other carriers will follow suit. After...

Tags: Delta Air Lines Inc., Plane, Carrier, Aircell, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-05

Airline Wi-Fi going mainstream: Bummer, being untethered was nice

Aircell's Gogo, an airline Wi-Fi service, is about to go mainstream this summer and the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg gives it a good review. Why aren't I more enthusiastic? As Mossberg notes, people are about to become more productive on airplanes or lose their last refuge...

Tags: Airline, Aircell, Gogo, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-19

In-flight Internet cleared for take-off

I've been skeptical of plans for in-flight broadband access. Let's face it, the airlines don't have a great track record here. No one used those sad phones in the seatbacks. And Boeing's Connexion service--once offered by a few international carriers--is gone. But this time it may finally happen. ...

Tags: Internet Access, American Airlines, Wall Street Journal, Flight, JetBlue Airways Corp., Boeing Co., Equipment, Satellite, Virgin America, Aircell, U.S. In-flight Broadband, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-03-13

In-flight Internet might work for you, but not for me

On Wednesday, in-flight mobile broadband solutions provider AirCell announced an agreement with American Airlines that would enable inflight Wi-Fi Internet access.First up, sometime next year will be transcontinental routes, served by Boeing 767s.That actually makes sense. Transcontinental nonstops leave passengers out of touch for five to six hours. If you...

Tags: Predictions and Observations, News

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Sorry, no VoIP over WiFi from your plane-unless

In all the excitement about WiFi coming to aircraft within the next year or so they say, a key fact is being overlooked.Buried in a Wall Street Journal story about the deal is that airplane WiFi contractor AirCell will block voice calls over the Internet. Thats just for those...

Tags: General, WiFi, trends

Blog posts 2007-04-04

So how many calls could cell-in-air support, anyway?

On Wi-Fi Network News, Glen Fleishman, who is the authority on all matters Wi-Fi, made a post late yesterday that took on two related topics.He noted the FCC (Federal Communications Commisison is sticking with its ban of cell phones on airplanes right now, while negating at least one published...

Tags: Mobile, General

Blog posts 2007-04-04

Additional Resources

US Airways to launch Gogo in-flight Internet next year

US Airways has announced that it will install Gogo in-flight Internet on select planes in early 2010. The Gogo service, powered by Aircell, will be added to the company's fleet of 50 Airbus A321 aircraft, or about 14 percent of its entire fleet....

Tags: Flight, US Airways Group Inc., Gogo, Internet, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Aerospace & Defense, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Manufacturing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Would you use in-flight Wi-Fi? (Would you pay for it?)

Would you pay for wireless Internet connectivity on a plane if it were available? Are there certain flights you would consider doing so such as intercontinental versus those you wouldn't domestic? A neat article by Joe Sharkey in the New York Times today details...

Tags: Flight, AirTran Airways, Sharkey, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-19

In-flight Internet: Web sites, but not phone calls

The New York Times has a great essay about the new capability of Internet and VoIP on airplanes (Internet connectivity! E-mail! Instant messages!) and the restrictions (No phone calls! No Skype!) that accompany it. As it turns out, the service by Aircell allows you to get...

Tags: Voice Call, Web, Phone, Broadband, Skype Technologies S.A., Web Site, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-15

In-flight Internet cleared for take-off

In-flight Internet cleared for take-offRe: No one used those sad phones in the seatbacks...That's because they priced them out of the market. If the airlines had not done so, they may have gotten much more use.The one cost cited in the article ($10 for many flights) is much more...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, cellphone usage, In-flight Internet, phone, obnoxiousness, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Prediction: BlackBerry in-flight will take longer than you think

As has been reported, within a year you will be able to use your BlackBerry on selected flights. Thats because AirCell will install equipment on airliners that will act as a WiFi hotspot in the cabin and connect to Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerrys, and laptop computers too. The "up until" factor...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-04-04

Skype petitions FCC for open cellular access

Skype petitions FCC for open cellular accessSkype in a Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone (PPC6700 from Alltel)I think this would be great when I get to use Skype and [url=http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/ipcaptioned.html]IP Captioned Telephone Service[/url]. Because I am hearing impaired and my mom, dad, and I don't like relay (as I can't...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, telephony, FCC, phone, Skype Technologies S.A.

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

Cable 1.1 (Mobile)

Cable is one simple tool with that we will be able to find out the loss of signal produced in a wireless installation or Wi-Fi according to the meters and type of used cable. In order to reach the result in dB we will have solely to indicate the type...

Tags: Mobile, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2005-09-16

In-flight VoIP is likely soon, broadband phone services provider tells me

At least one IP broadband phone service provider believes that with this week's FCC ruling allowing Wi-Fi access on planes, that the pieces are coming into place that will allow VoIP calls from the air, as well.Chris Liu of VoicePulse wrote me this morning to introduce his company's perspective on...

Tags: FCC, telephone, VoIP

Blog posts 2004-12-17