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Boeing Eyes In-Flight Live TV on Your Laptop

Posted by michael on from the nothing-but-airplane-movies dept.

cobravenum2 writes "Boeing is planning to add live television to its Connexion by Boeing service during 2005, The television programs will be delivered across the Connexion network, which uses satellites to provide high-speed data connections between aircraft in-flight and ground stations linked to the Internet. The service entered commercial use earlier this year and provides a 5 megabits per second shared downstream and 1 mbps shared upstream connection to suitably equipped aircraft. You'll be able to view up to four channels of live TV over your laptop."

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  1. Re:What about Over-Ocean Flights? by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 4, Informative
    So those long TransPacific flights will only have sporadic TV coverage?
    No. As what you quoted clearly says a satellite connects the plane to the ground station.
    Plane <--> Satellite <--> Ground station
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  2. SONG already has this - and more... by datastalker · · Score: 4, Informative

    Song has a partnership with Dish Network, and provides 24 channels of TV to the screen in the headrest in front of you. They also provide trivia, music (broadcast and create your own playlist (for a fee)), as well as movies (for a fee), and games (for a fee). The fees for the pay-per stuff are reasonable, but there's enough free (trivia and 24 channels) stuff to keep you busy the entire flight.

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  3. Why Bother? JetBlue has TV. by bjbest · · Score: 4, Informative

    JetBlue advertises that they offer 36 channels of DirecTV. Screen at every seat. For free. Right now. No need to bring your own equipment.

  4. Re:Uhoh? I can see the rental charges now by wasted · · Score: 3, Informative

    What is the current rate for headphone rental on airlines?

    American sells you a headset for $5, and encourages you to reuse it on your next flight. It was $2 last month, and $1 in March. Their seats have the same adapter as most personal stereos, and they allow you to bring your own.