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Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant are U.S. ultra-low-cost carriers famous for wanting a nickel for everything they don’t charge a dime for—and they’re also among the
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Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant are U.S. ultra-low-cost carriers famous for wanting a nickel for everything they don’t charge a dime for—and they’re also among the
The more it becomes clear that inflight Wi-Fi is what passengers want, the less clear it is just how much will be available and how much it will cost. Airlines are switching—with costs involved—to satellite based services from vendors such…
The networks of regional flights that connect the major airline hubs to smaller cities are getting wired…or rather, wirelessed. Delta has already added some, United recently announced plans, and yesterday, American put in its bid, announcing that…
Just a few of the recent steps taking air travel further into the 21st century. American Airlines, which recently traded in its 40-lb pilot books for iPad-based and rapidly updated files, is now doing the same with its flight attendant…
GoGo has sewn up most of the installed inflight WiFi in the U.S. and has aims on the rest of the world, but AT&T Wireless has now announced it will go into the market next year with a different technology. GoGo uses plane-based antennas to communicate with satellites for WiFi service; AT&T, which owns a dense ground-based cellphone network, plans to use ground-based antennas and to use 4G LTE rather than WiFi. DETAILS from Bloomberg News. TG note : AT&T…
It’s a battle in the sky between inflight WiFi providers such as GoGo and Inmarsat to grab the biggest share of the market. GoGo has been ahead, but with only a small portion of the world’s planes equipped, the market is still wide open. …
Two companies with a lot to gain from it are offering free inflight wireless for a year: GoGo, which supplies the wireless service to nearly all U.S. airlines is partnered with Samsung, and the free service goes to purchasers of new Samsung…
A Federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit against GoGo Inflight over their near-monopoly of WiFi service on U.S. airlines, and the resulting prices. GoGo presently has 85% of the market; they’re only missing Southwest and part of …
GoGo Internet, the company that supplies the inflight WiFi on most U.S. domestic flights has gotten the OK to begin installin on Boeing 747-400s for international service, and will soon extend to other models as well. Details
Spirit, Frontier and Allegiant are U.S. ultra-low-cost carriers famous for wanting a nickel for everything they don’t charge a dime
The more it becomes clear that inflight Wi-Fi is what passengers want, the less clear it is just how much will be available and how much it will cost. Airlines are switching—with costs involved—to satellite based services from vendors such…
The networks of regional flights that connect the major airline hubs to smaller cities are getting wired…or rather, wirelessed. Delta has already added some, United recently announced plans, and yesterday, American put in its bid, announcing that…
Just a few of the recent steps taking air travel further into the 21st century. American Airlines, which recently traded in its 40-lb pilot books for iPad-based and rapidly updated files, is now doing the same with its flight attendant…
GoGo has sewn up most of the installed inflight WiFi in the U.S. and has aims on the rest of the world, but AT&T Wireless has now announced it will go into the market next year with a different technology. GoGo uses plane-based antennas to communicate with satellites for WiFi service; AT&T, which owns a dense ground-based cellphone network, plans to use ground-based antennas and to use 4G LTE rather than WiFi. DETAILS from Bloomberg News. TG note : AT&T…
It’s a battle in the sky between inflight WiFi providers such as GoGo and Inmarsat to grab the biggest share of the market. GoGo has been ahead, but with only a small portion of the world’s planes equipped, the market is still wide open. …
Two companies with a lot to gain from it are offering free inflight wireless for a year: GoGo, which supplies the wireless service to nearly all U.S. airlines is partnered with Samsung, and the free service goes to purchasers of new Samsung…
A Federal judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit against GoGo Inflight over their near-monopoly of WiFi service on U.S. airlines, and the resulting prices. GoGo presently has 85% of the market; they’re only missing Southwest and part of …
GoGo Internet, the company that supplies the inflight WiFi on most U.S. domestic flights has gotten the OK to begin installin on Boeing 747-400s for international service, and will soon extend to other models as well. Details