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Speeds of up to 300 Mbps coming soon to a plane near you
11:25AM Saturday Jul 19 2008 by KathrynV
tags: business · wireless · alternatives · bandwidth
Aircell has only recently begun trials of in-flight Wi-Fi and yet the company is already making second-generation plans for the service.
"When the service goes live later on this year, it will use CDMA EVDO Rev A for data transfer during flights, topping out at more than 12 Mbps. By the end of 2009, Aircell plans to up that number to 22.7 Mbps with advances in its current technology." (source)
However, the goal is to switch over to 4G LTE by 2011. The bandwidth should be capable of 300 Mbps speeds at that time, making it possible to play bandwidth-hogging online computer games or watch interactive HDTV on your computer during your flight. Although in-flight LTE-based Wi-Fi is intended for the benefit of the customers, it will also likely improve the technology available to those people operating the plane; for example, high-resolution weather-to-the-cockpit services should be improved once this service is available.

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Pv8man999

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yaaaahoooo

Can't wait to set up some fake twin hot spots in the plane, lol

tp0d
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Re: yaaaahoooo

CDMA huh... so why again do they make you shut off your cellphone during flight? more BS. I had a friend that was threatened with ejection when he was talking on his phone during a flight... bsbsbs
fiberguy
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Would rather...

... be able to check a bag at no fee again,
... get a drink with out paying $3 for it,
... get on board with out being weighed,
... have a plane with properly filled fuel tanks,
... they have room for on-board video servers they just pulled,

.. before I'd care for them to outfit plans with over priced, under served broadband for sale. Put repeaters on board and let people use their own cell cards. Let people buy their own cell based service. The air carriers getting into air phone business was a great success, right? Calls at $5 a minute?

Airlines CEOs are just idiots.

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Re: Would rather...

said by fiberguy See Profile :

... be able to check a bag at no fee again,
... get a drink with out paying $3 for it,
... get on board with out being weighed,
Hmm, didn't have any of those problems when I took a flight to Japan about 8 months ago.
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July 19th, @07:41PM

Re: Would rather...

So? What's your point?

Are you trying to troll? or are you trying to be cute? if you think that any of those things I said aren't already being done, or being talked about (being weighed) then you're totally out of the loop and your attempt to be cute by finding an exception to what is quickly becoming the new norm here isn't as cute as you think.
EPS

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Aren't international flights usually more profitable than domestic flights? Those will probably have less extra fees, but don't assume it will be that way forever...

The best part is, even if gas prices go down (and they will go down, though not soon- check back in 5-10 years, though), these fees will live on... and the airlines, being some of the most poorly run companies out there, will still go bankrupt again...

But you'll have your in-flight LTE-based broadband! (For the cost of $0.99 a minute, with a $10.00 WiFi access charge, in addition to the $15 Internet Access Recovery surcharge on your ticket price. Heavy data usage may incur additional usage-based fees.)
Joe12345678

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Re: Would rather...

said by EPS See Profile :

But you'll have your in-flight LTE-based broadband! (For the cost of $0.99 a minute, with a $10.00 WiFi charge, in addition to the $15 Internet Access Recovery surcharge on your ticket price. Heavy data usage may incur additional usage-based fees.)
Drop the per minute part and put in data limits.

Like $10 for access with 50 meg free and then $10 for each 100 meg block of data.

also put a high fee to get a good ping.
fiberguy
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Re: Would rather...

In other words... why bother putting this stuff on airplanes?

In all honesty, I don't even see why this is necessary. We've got airlines pulling entertainment system servers out because they weigh 200 pounds and they want to save on fuel. So, they want to put in internet systems so they can offer a service where most people won't purchase it.

The costs are going to be per segment. Many flights have a plane change as it is. Not to mention, can't people get along with out the internet for a couple hours? Travel is a chore.. you've got to get yourself from one place to another. During that time, relax.. do the traveling, and when you get to your destination, plug back in.

With an economy in the dumps for so many people, INCLUDING the airlines, I think they are investing money in a totally wrong area.
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