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Boeing Gets FCC Approval For Broadband Service

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keep-it-moving dept.

lba writes "Boeing's plans to offer broadband on their planes (as in this earlier /. article) gets into the next phase... BBC News has a story about them now getting FCC approval for this project. Protoypes of Connexion, as the service is called, would be installed on Lufthansa planes in about a year. Three US Airline companies canceled their support for the project last November."

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  1. fp! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I rule

  2. Re:Live Streaming Ass-Kicking! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    > live streaming video!

    (And more importantly, Slashdotters can now claim FIRST POST while travelling! w00t!)

  3. tenzing did this already... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    www.tenzing.com

  4. Interesting, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm lost.

    1. Re:Interesting, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'm lost too. I've lost my soul to alcohol. Can't control it anymore.

  5. Wrong investment by Peter+Dyck · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'd rather have the cash-starved airlines investing in the security and maintenance than this.

  6. A humorous accident by Chairboy · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I don't know if it's just my browser or what, but the photo of three Boeing jets in the article seems a bit corrupted. The lead jet appears to be either burning or mangled right after the trailing edge of the left wing.

    In articles about airliners, you'd think that this specific type of compression artifact would be noticed earlier.....

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  8. Re:Live Streaming Ass-Kicking! by ringbarer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd just settle for kicking the ass of ANY Muslim shithead that tries to get on a plane right now.

    --
    "Why did they cancel my favorite Sci-Fi show? I downloaded ALL the episodes!"
  9. Ask Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can just picture the next Ask Slashdot:

    "Next year, I'll be leaving the dorms and heading out to live in the Real World. With broadband access now available on airplanes, does anyone know if any of the major airlines would allow me to take up residence in one of their aircraft? -- a roomy 777 if possible..."

  10. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    werd...7 feet now!