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Revealed: here's the root cause why Verizon's dropping Airfone: Revealed: here's the root cause why Verizon's dropping AirfoneHow's this reasonAirphone was the STUPIDEST IDEA EVER in the airline industry. The only time I ever heard of anyone using it - was during 9/11 . . .; Tags: Airfone, Verizon Communications Inc.; Discussion threads 2006-06-26
Revealed: here's the root cause why Verizon's dropping Airfone: As you may have heard by now, Verizon will end its Verizon Airfone service by the end of this year.The popular explanation for this decision is that with Airfone service so expensive (up to 69 cents a minute for Verizon Wireless customers, or $4.99 a minute plus a $3.99...; Tags: Airfone, clientS, Verizon Communications Inc.; Blog posts 2006-06-25

In-flight Internet: Web sites, but not phone calls: In-flight Internet: Web sites, but not phone callsSend MP3 or WAV filesI guess if you really needed a way around this you could do a CB (hello good buddie!) version of communications by creating & exchanging sound files (please use your headseats!) instead of direct 2 way communications. (email...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Web site development, In-flight Internet, phone, Web site, Web; Discussion threads 2008-09-16
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
FBI warns of cell phones aloft: FBI warns of cell phones aloftThe joy of Fearmongering...Yes, let us all bow to FEAR. We are fed daily a diet of media reports that make us FEAR more with each day, and that fear builds up, rapidly becoming a form of terror that bides deep inside the human heart.Our...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, cell phone, FBI; Discussion threads 2005-05-31

In-flight e-mail numbers: Customers access JetConnect by plugging their laptops into jacks on Verizon Airfone handsets on seatbacks of 123 Continental and 110 United planes. Those numbers will grow to 411 for Continental and 525 for United by year's end, and Cathay Pacific will equip its entire 75-plane fleet with JetConnect next year.; Tags: United, Continental; Blog posts 2003-10-01