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Wi-Fi Coming on U.S. Domestic Flights

Posted by timothy on from the but-terrorists dept.

jvptoad writes "The NY Times is reporting that United Airlines has received approval to offer Wi-Fi Internet access on its planes. Although it will be over a year before the service is available, I wonder if this will impact the discussion on cell phone usage in planes (which seems to be centered around the annoyance of people talking loudly on the phone). Add a headset and Skype, and you don't need a cell phone to have loud, annoying phone conversations on an airplane."

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  1. sony are cunts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bring back dvd decrypter!

  2. Re:Great... by Brento · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great... now the fat, sweaty, stupid, irritating, guy next to me on every single flight I've ever taken can now be surfing for horse pr0n

    I hate to break this to you, but I was actually doing that the whole time on my Treo. I just kept it in my pocket and snuck looks when you went to the restroom.

    Steve Ballmer

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    What's your damage, Heather?
  3. This doesnt make sense. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read about this at Designtechnica: http://news.designtechnica.com/article7610.html They are screwing their employees out of their pensions, but can afford to spend money adding WiFi to their planes?

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

    can't wait for sub-vocal phones, which i heard will be in the nintendo revolution.

  5. Re:Good and bad by halltk1983 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Buy a motorcycle...

    Perfect excuse 100% of the time!

    "Why didn't you answer your cell?"
    "I was on my bike, woman!" (really at a bar)

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    Watch for Penguins, they eat Apples and throw rocks at Windows.
  6. Re:Uh, latency? by Esine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, you definately need to RTFM