American Will Be The First U.S. Airline To Launch Aircell's Real-time Broadband Conne

[gmalet]

American Airlines is committed to enhancing the travel experience for its customers as the first aircraft installation of the Aircell® Internet broadband connectivity solution has been completed. American, which will be the first U.S. airline to offer customers Aircell's Internet broadband solution, plans on additional installations and testing of the technology in 2008 on all 15 of its Boeing 767-200 aircraft that primarily fly transcontinental routes.

Aircell's exclusive air-to-ground broadband system will provide customers with an Internet connection, VPN (virtual private network) access, and e-mail capabilities through all Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, PDAs and portable gaming devices. Customers will experience speeds similar to wireless, mobile, broadband services on the ground

After testing and certification is completed, customer benefits will also include:


Complimentary access to AA.com including services such as gates and times, fares and AAdvantage information,
Access to the Wall Street Journal Digest Edition,
Compatibility with VPNs used to access corporate intranets and exchange email,
And seamless coverage over the continental U.S. above 10,000 feet.

Aircell will offer the connectivity solution to American Airlines customers in all classes of service on the B767-200 aircraft for a fee.

[Jimmydr]

How much will this be, an extra $100 per flight?

[gmalet]

Probably...

[Donny Boy]

Isnt Jet Blue doing something like this?

Taste the future of in-flight experience on JetBlue’s BetaBlue aircraft, an Airbus A320 with email and instant messaging services above 10,000 feet. These services are free to customers and provided exclusively by JetBlue and LiveTV™, Yahoo!®, and BlackBerry®.
Customers traveling on this aircraft can use their Wi-Fi® enabled smartphones, BlackBerries and laptops* to virtually connect to home and work via Yahoo!® Mail, Yahoo! ® Messenger and BlackBerry email and BlackBerry® Messenger services**. Additional features can be expected in the near future on BetaBlue. Click here (http://help.jetblue.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/webisapi.dll/,/?St=78,E=0000000000021549853,K=7947,Sxi=4,Case=obj(385421)) to learn more about BetaBlue.
So if you find yourself flying on our BetaBlue, sit back, relax and enjoy the complimentary snacks and drinks, 36 channels of DIRECTV® at every seat, and now, wireless onboard. JetBlue is proud to be the first domestic airline to offer this kind of connectivity to its customers, free of charge

[Inconego]

Fuck, one more way for people to stay in contact with you at all fucking times... Cellphones, wireless internet, and e.t.c. isn't enough... Pretty soon people will be able to email us telekinetically in our sleep....

[gmalet]

One good thing... It will give us the opportunity to post trip reports on the flight back while its still fresh in our minds.

[Jimmydr]

A trip back from Brazil will give me enough time to organize my pictures.

[Inconego]

Sorry just venting... I actually have a 'private' line no one has the number too except family, very close friends... just because have you noticed that just because there are cell phones, people get so upset when they can't reach you... It's like leaving a message and waiting patiently for you to reply isn't enough--like when we just used landlines... With all this technology, not much time is just your own... just venting...

[MegaSquirt]

Fuck, one more way for people to stay in contact with you at all fucking times... Cellphones, wireless internet, and e.t.c. isn't enough... Pretty soon people will be able to email us telekinetically in our sleep....

I do believe some people are capable of doing that now. :p :p