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June 12, 2005
Airborne Wi-Fi? Count Me In!!
Posted by Russell Shaw
Would you pay $29.95 for Wi-Fi Internet access for the entire length of your flight? What about $9.95 an hour?
USA Today reports that United Airlines is already working with Verizon Airfone to test the service. Apparently, it has been demonstrated to the Federal Aviation Administration's approval that yes, this type of technology won't jumble pilot-to-ground communications.
Technically, the service could work. Marketing-wise, I think it is a smash. The USA Today piece says that 38% of frequent business travelers who responded to a Forrester Research survey said that they would use the service even if it were priced at $25 a flight.
The next time you fly, note the number of business travelers working with their stored email files and PowerPoint presentations. I think this is a ready made market. Count me in.
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Russell Shaw is a specialist in mobile computing, telephony, networking and covers these fields regularly for numerous print and online publications. Russ writes the popular IP Telephony blog on ZDNet and contributes regularly to The Industry Standard blog as well. Author of seven books, Russ' latest book is Wireless Networking Made Easy.
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1. Jerry NewmN on June 12, 2005 10:24 PM writes...
Too EXPENSIVE - I would pay ~ $ 4.00 (us)
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