The service to each aircraft is 12 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload, but this would be across several satellite transponder using spread spectrum technology. Therefore, several aircraft in a given satcom's coverage would share this bandwidth. WiFi on the aircraft itself, with data rates depending on what Panasonic wants.
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They're working with Cisco, too: http://blog.reallyrocketscience.com/node/558
The service to each aircraft is 12 Mbps download/3 Mbps upload, but this would be across several satellite transponder using spread spectrum technology. Therefore, several aircraft in a given satcom's coverage would share this bandwidth. WiFi on the aircraft itself, with data rates depending on what Panasonic wants.
Here's what the MacBerry would look like: http://blog.reallyrocketscience.com/node/202