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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

WiFi In Airplanes

Wi-Fi in the Sky Still Cloudy, Sometimes Costly As Airlines Try to Catch Up with Technology

Brian Sumers | December 21, 2015



Logging on to most airline Wi-Fi networks feels like stepping into a time machine — and we don't mean that in a good way. On many domestic flights, the bandwidth is barely ample enough for checking email, never mind streaming videos.


Source: http://www.wlanbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/row-44-airplane-wifi-service.jpg

<more at http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-money-20151220-story.html; related links: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/27/travel/best-wifi-airlines/index.html (The world's most Wi-Fi-connected airlines are ... January 28, 2015) and http://consumerist.com/2015/04/15/gao-report-finds-airplanes-with-wifi-connections-may-be-vulnerable-to-cyber-attacks/ (GAO Report Finds Airplanes With WiFi Connections May Be Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks. April 15, 2015)>

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