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In-Flight Wi-Fi Makes its Debut

Posted by simoniker on from the fly-by-wi-fi dept.

mindless4210 writes "German airline Lufthansa will become the first carrier to provide Boeing's Connexion service to its passengers. The service will be unveiled on May 17 on non-stop flights from Munich to Los Angeles, with plans to outfit their entire fleet over the next year. Passengers will be able to purchase access using their credit cards and Wi-Fi enabled laptops. The cost is set at $30 for the entire flight or $10 for 30 minutes."

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  1. Whole new world.. by baudilus · · Score: 5, Funny

    mid-air LAN party!!

    1. Re:Whole new world.. by Otto · · Score: 5, Funny

      I really don't want people yelling out "Look out for the rocket!" during my flights, personally.

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      - Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
    2. Re:Whole new world.. by NanoGator · · Score: 5, Funny

      "mid-air LAN party!!"

      Finally! Geeks can join the Mile High club! Too bad it won't have the same significance...

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      "Derp de derp."
  2. Wink wink by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that us nerds can now join the "mile high club"?

  3. Interesting... by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't wait till someone acidentally starts controlling the plane with MS Flight simulator
    "Pull up!, Pull up!"

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    Business Voyeur
    1. Re:Interesting... by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
      Can't wait till someone acidentally starts controlling the plane with MS Flight simulator

      You mean *Crashing* the plane don't you

      Either

      • Microsoft Flight Simulator has encountered errors and needs to close
      • or...
      • Microsoft Windows XP has detected a new device (plane) and is unable to find a driver for it
  4. The guys doing flyovers for wifi hotspots. by linzeal · · Score: 5, Funny
    Will have a moving target now, this ought to be fun. Maybe we will see cessnas darting in and out of 747 flight paths to get free internet access, right?

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  5. VoIP by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are the odds that VoIP ports are either blocked or the latency makes it unusable? The airline industry has put quite a bit of effort into explaining why Airphone is The Only Right Way to talk from a plane.

    "Ladies and gentlemen, we must ask that you not use your laptop as a phone over the internet as it... may cause cancer."

  6. Re:How long will it be.... by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...before we start hearing horror stories about sitting next to sketchy guys who are checking out pr0n on the plane?

    May 17th.

  7. Re:Interference by UrgleHoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get around this restriction by bringing aboard my trusty old victrola.

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    Dogma - "let's just say we'd like to avoid any empirical entanglements."
  8. PPP multilink over Air phones by Danathar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah...

    I'm getting decent speeds by taking three airphones (three seat wide section) and using a uunet dialup account to bind all three together using ppp multilink. I just charge the airtime back to my company!

    I tried to use more phones from the passengers seats infront and behind me....but the cords are too short! DAMN!!