Fleet-wide wifi coming to United
There was plenty of news in this morning’s quarterly earnings call for United Airlines. As per usual, most of it was focused on the financial...
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Buying a ticket shouldn’t be this hard
I’ve been working lately on cobbling together a rather ridiculous series of flights for our winter vacation this year. The plan is mostly South Asia,...
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A step closer to more bandwidth in the skies
LiveTV, the in-flight connectivity subsidiary of JetBlue, took a major step forward in their efforts to provide satellite-based Internet connectivity today with the launch of...
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In-flight wifi still not so popular
Market research company In-Stat has published a new report on the up-take of in-flight internet users and the numbers are, well, interesting. The company is...
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Another potential setback for LiveTV’s in-flight internet service
It seems that in-flight entertainment and connectivity provider LiveTV just cannot catch a break in getting their in-flight internet product to a deliverable state. First...
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American to launch streaming media service in-flight
American Airlines announced this week that they are extending their partnership with in-flight internet provider Aircell, the company behind the gogo service. There are two main...
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Continental announces in-flight WiFi plans. Again.
When Continental Airlines announced their deal with LiveTV to provide in-flight television service a couple years ago there was an additional piece to the deal....
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Verizon Wireless backing down…a little bit
About a month ago the news came out that Verizon Wireless was killing their unlimited international data plans for all smartphone devices. Not only was...
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Verizon Wireless to screw over global travelers
Trying to find affordable data packages that work around the globe is more or less a losing battle. Data roaming charges are a cash cow,...
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United quietly launches Row44 in-flight Internet trial
Without much publicity United Airlines has installed the in-flight Internet service offering from provider Row44 in one of their 757-200 aircraft. Ship N593UA was fitted...