Loading ...How Four Airlines Plan to Connect Fliers to the Web
In this overview of in-flight Internet capabilities, we take a look at what various airlines say they’ll be offering to their customers, which companies are building networks, and when we can expect to get full Web connections on planes.
With the announcement Friday morning that JetBlue will be teaming up with Research in Motion and Yahoo to provide free e-mail and instant messaging on its flights, there are now at least four airlines with announced plans to experiment with in-flight broadband connectivity.
In this overview of in-flight Internet capabilities, we take a look at what various airlines say they’ll be offering to their customers in the future, which companies are building their networks, and when we can expect to get full Web connections during those long cross-country flights.
American Airlines
What they’ll be offering: Nationwide in-flight broadband Internet access that extends from the coast to coast. American Airlines passengers will be able to connect to the Web during their flights using any device that has 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi capabilities.
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