Comments on: Where is my Internet access in the air? http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/ Mitch Denny, Principal Consultant at Readify Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:15:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Michael Brown http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95377 Michael Brown Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:12:03 +0000 http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95377 I've read that a few airlines are piloting (no pun intended) in flight Internet access, along with seat to seat chat capabilities...I couldn't make this up if I tried. I’ve read that a few airlines are piloting (no pun intended) in flight Internet access, along with seat to seat chat capabilities…I couldn’t make this up if I tried.

]]> By: Dave http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95314 Dave Tue, 27 May 2008 22:49:25 +0000 http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95314 No expert in this area, but I think the answer is something more like the aircraft don't use satelite, but instead our crappy and scattered terrestrial networks - so not much point in the airlines providing an internet service that would only last for the first 30 mins of the flight - in which you can't use any devices anyway... Check this link out to see what I mean... http://www.aircell.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=1 No expert in this area, but I think the answer is something more like the aircraft don’t use satelite, but instead our crappy and scattered terrestrial networks - so not much point in the airlines providing an internet service that would only last for the first 30 mins of the flight - in which you can’t use any devices anyway…

Check this link out to see what I mean… http://www.aircell.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=1

]]> By: silky http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95270 silky Tue, 06 May 2008 22:57:39 +0000 http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95270 but like, then you'd be able to communicate with the terrorists. but like, then you’d be able to communicate with the terrorists.

]]> By: Paul Stovell http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95269 Paul Stovell Tue, 06 May 2008 11:47:19 +0000 http://notgartner.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/where-is-my-internet-access-in-the-air/#comment-95269 Hundreds of thousands of Australians spend hours a day on airplanes. Surely the productivity that would result from being able to use phones+internet on the plane (even during take-off/landing) would justify more expendature in this area. I don't buy for one second that electronics interfere with planes - I wonder if there's a Mythbusters episode to prove it. If they did, they wouldn't allow phones in airports. Who needs a gun when I can turn on my MP3 player and destory the plane? The airline industry is overregulated, union controlled and has too many old farts in the cockpit to realise it's 2008 and I still can't blog from the plane. Hundreds of thousands of Australians spend hours a day on airplanes. Surely the productivity that would result from being able to use phones+internet on the plane (even during take-off/landing) would justify more expendature in this area. I don’t buy for one second that electronics interfere with planes - I wonder if there’s a Mythbusters episode to prove it. If they did, they wouldn’t allow phones in airports. Who needs a gun when I can turn on my MP3 player and destory the plane?

The airline industry is overregulated, union controlled and has too many old farts in the cockpit to realise it’s 2008 and I still can’t blog from the plane.

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