U.S. Airlines to Offer In-Air Wi-Fi 252
"Within the next year, US Airlines are going to be offering Wi-Fi service onboard flights. VoiP calls will be banned initially, but the article mentions that lifting the ban on cellphones may still be a possibility. 'AirCell will install equipment on airliners that will act as a WiFi hotspot in the cabin and connect to laptop computers and devices like BlackBerrys that have WiFi chips. In all, it will cost about $100,000 to outfit a plane with less than 100 pounds of equipment, and the work can be done overnight by airline maintenance workers, AirCell says. What makes the service particularly attractive to airlines is that they will share revenue with AirCell. The service will cost about the same as existing WiFi offerings. Mr. Blumenstein says it will charge no more than $10 a day to passengers. It will also offer discounted options for customers and tie into existing service programs like T-Mobile, iPass and Boingo. Speeds will be equivalent to WiFi service on the ground.'"
sweet (Score:3, Funny)
Counter strike (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How do you do that? (Score:5, Funny)
Jet lag (Score:2, Funny)
Does that mean it will cost less if you are flying East?
Re:Here's hoping they keep phone calls banned (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Here's hoping they keep phone calls banned (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why are phones still banned (Score:5, Funny)
Phones should always be banned on a plane. I can't think of anything more annoying than listening to dozens of conversations going on around me while I try to sleep.
"Hi Mom!"
...
"No, the plane just took off"
...
"Well, it was all right, but our flight out of Amsterdam was delayed. I have NEVER seen an airport backed up like that before"
...
"All-in-all, the trip was OK, but I am SO GLAD it is over"
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"Well, for one, Linette was SUCH a B-I-T-C-H for this ENTIRE trip. I was so happy when she caught her connecting flight at JFK."
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"Well, she used to be so nice, but, ever since her an Darren broke up, it has been a nightmare"
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"He cheated on her!
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"I KNOW! And he seemed to be so nice"
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"He slept with NICOLE, of all people"
I beg the powers-that-be to never, ever allow the use of cell phones on a plane. It will be enough for many of us to slit our wrists.
Re:Why are phones still banned (Score:5, Funny)
That will be twice as much chatter!!!!
Re:Why are phones still banned (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps the airlines will be so kind as to offer complimentary razorblades with each flight?
No need to bother. (Score:3, Funny)
foreach my $passenger (@passengers) {
if (passenger_talking_on_phone($passenger)) {
stewardess_action($passenger,PHONE_USE);
}
}
}
sub stewardess_action {
my $passenger = shift;
my $action = shift;
switch ($action) {
case EMPTY_GLASS:
fill_glass();
break;
case CALL_BUTTON:
disable_call_button();
stewardess_action($passenger,query_passenger($pas
break;
case NO_PEANUTS:
provide_peanuts($passenger);
break;
case PHONE_USE:
case SMOKING:
case DRUNKENNESS:
case FAIL_CREW_DIRECTIVE:
case SHOE_BOMB:
stewardess_panic($passenger);
break;
}
}
sub stewardess_panic {
my $passenger = shift;
pilot::divert_airplane();
if ($passenger) {
passengers::restrain_passenger($passenger);
fbi::arrest_on_landing($passenger);
}
}
Re:Sweet... just what I need... (Score:1, Funny)
$50 bucks to the first person..... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sweet... just what I need... (Score:2, Funny)
"Yes, I would actually like to hear about your trip to the Over 80's nudist colony, but I can't quite hear you, see if THAT guy wants to hear about it"
Now if I could just find my odor blockers and humongous-guy-in-the-middle-seat zapper along with my destroy-all-kids-kicking-seats-on-6am-flights button I'd more than welcome Wi-Fi on the plane.
10 minutes after the first Wi-Fi plane takes off:
"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you not to bring up Videobox while seated next to other patrons!"
20 minutes later (After the queue at the lav gets longer and longer)
*knock* *knock* "That's not quite what I meant either sir."
Re:Why are phones still banned (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How do you do that? (Score:4, Funny)