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Connexion by Boeing in flight internet

post #1 of 49
8/1/05 at 12:07pm
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Connexion by Boeing
www.connexionbyboeing.com

Which you may have read about in months past is now on 70 different planes offering broadband internet connections at the following rates:

Internet Flight
Stay online as long as you want with our flat rate plan.

$14.95 on flights of 3 hours or less
$19.95 on flights of 3 to 6 hours
$29.95 flights of 6 hours or more

Internet Minutes**
Get your first 30 minutes for an initial fee, then pay 25 cents for each additional minute.

$7.95 initial fee on flights under 3 hours
$9.95 initial fee on flights over 3 hours

Internet Time**
Purchase a block of online time. Time starts running when you sign in.

$9.95 for a block of 60 consecutive minutes
$16.95 for a block of 120 consecutive minutes

The connection speed is reported at being 20Mbps/1Mbps shared which I haven't confirmed. They offer both wired LAN and wireless a/b/g connections.

From the press releases today, it looks as though Intel is boarding in any and every way they can on this technology:
http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archi...050801corp.htm

Without a doubt internet will be more and more of a demand in flight and you will likely see it coming a bit closer to home as technology funds allow it.
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post #2 of 49
8/12/05 at 11:25pm
aren't we paying enough for the tickets already...
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post #3 of 49
8/13/05 at 12:27am
Either way, that sounds pretty neat... I'm guessing they'll make a lot more on overseas flights and the likes, but still. I was actually wondering whether or not this had ever come to be earlier today... weird. :Þ
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post #4 of 49
8/13/05 at 6:22am
That does seem awesome. I'd pay those prices to surf the net on a flight, $14.95 seems reasonable.
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post #5 of 49
8/13/05 at 1:53pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Mello
That does seem awesome. I'd pay those prices to surf the net on a flight, $14.95 seems reasonable.
14.95 are u kidding im waiting to see wsaht jetblue does they may offer it lower price or for free they dp have direct tv in every seat for free.
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post #6 of 49
8/13/05 at 3:55pm
I recently flew Singapore Airlines (they're awesome, btw) and they were getting ready for Connexion. They seemed very enthusiastic about it. It's a cool idea, I'd probably be willing to pay for it on some long flights.
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post #7 of 49
8/24/05 at 2:28pm
Not sure how I would feel about wireless internet on a commercial airline. I know equipment runs on a different frequency yada yada yada, but all it takes is a bit of interference in a radio communication at the wrong time and you have no use for wireless internet anymore. I accidentally left my phone on once in a small plane. I started to hear this weird buzzing noise. Turns out the GSM signal of my phone was so strong that it created a bit of buzzing in the headsets when it rang. Those signals can only get stronger, I wouldn’t really want to take a chance.
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post #8 of 49
8/24/05 at 5:35pm
I would gladly pay to have wireless on flights. I don't think there'll be any signal problems. there's really none with digital cell phones now, it was analog that caused interference problems.
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post #9 of 49
8/24/05 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Carver
I would gladly pay to have wireless on flights. I don't think there'll be any signal problems. there's really none with digital cell phones now, it was analog that caused interference problems.
Ever try having your digital phone near anything with a speaker? There are defiantly some interference problems.
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post #10 of 49
8/24/05 at 7:44pm
shit and a brain is one part speaker...
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post #11 of 49
8/29/05 at 3:55pm
haha, i liked that one... but seriously, having internet in-flight would totally kick ayos.
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post #12 of 49
4/11/06 at 12:54pm
If the plane has an antenna that is directed away from any equipment susceptible to interference and all the cable going to the antenna is shielded I really don't see a problem. The FAA has signed off on it, and no doubt the equipment on the aircraft is shut down during take-off and landing.
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post #13 of 49
4/17/06 at 8:28am
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Originally Posted by Animosity
Ever try having your digital phone near anything with a speaker? There are defiantly some interference problems.
And I'm sure that neither the FCC nor the FAA have every bothered to test and see if it could cause interference. Nor have the airlines (and their legal departments especially) done their own testing to see if it could cause problems (ones which could get them sued, or lose sales).
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post #14 of 49
4/17/06 at 9:32am
Plane systems are so well shielded it doesnt really make a difference unles you are really close to them, anyway. The banning of mobile phones is more because (1) they are useless at crusing altitude anyway, and Just In Case. Switching a phone on will not cause the plan to crash, an airplane full of peopl with their phones on and bluetooth on COULD cause some interference.
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post #15 of 49
4/17/06 at 3:33pm
Two things:

I believe that they can get decent bandwidth, but how is the latency? I wouldn't mind some CS on my next flight

Second: do you people actually think that this would be implemented if it wasn't safe? Seriously? Working in the electric systems department of an aerospace engineering company I'm going to go ahead and enlighten people who are freaking out to three letters and a word after it.

E M I Testing - Electro-Magnetic Interferrence testing

You can effectively test these conditions and make sure it is safe...
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post #16 of 49
4/18/06 at 11:40am
Oh man that would be awesome I do a lot of flying and get pretty bored watching the same movie over and over again or playing the inflight trivia(which isnt so bad) but internet would be cool bottom line.
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post #17 of 49
4/18/06 at 2:20pm
Those prices are reasonable i would pay them.

But i would prefer to be on my laptop.
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post #18 of 49
4/18/06 at 4:13pm
I bet the latency would kill you, if you figure satellite internet is like 500 msec while nothing is moving (other than the earth of course, but I think most data satellites are in geo-sync orbit). I'm betting it'd be 200-300 ms at least if it's a pure digital carrier signal, if any part of it is analog or has to be modulated and demodulated you're talking 500+..

-P

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Originally Posted by RLCrisp
Two things:

I believe that they can get decent bandwidth, but how is the latency? I wouldn't mind some CS on my next flight

Second: do you people actually think that this would be implemented if it wasn't safe? Seriously? Working in the electric systems department of an aerospace engineering company I'm going to go ahead and enlighten people who are freaking out to three letters and a word after it.

E M I Testing - Electro-Magnetic Interferrence testing

You can effectively test these conditions and make sure it is safe...
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post #19 of 49
4/21/06 at 10:07am
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Originally Posted by N6400
Those prices are reasonable i would pay them.

But i would prefer to be on my laptop.
Hmm, pardon me, but what do u mean? Connexion by Boeing is through your personal laptop isn't it?
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post #20 of 49
4/25/06 at 8:48am
Nah, he's going to bring his desktop on the plane, set-up his flat panel on the seat in front of him, the tower next to his feet and the mouse/keyboard on the little food tray. It'd be the perfect set-up!



Umm, what else are you going to use besides your laptop? Common sense here.

Anyway, I think this is a great idea! And they will make a bunch of money on it too, since most people will be more than willing to spend that kind of money to get internet, especially on longer flights(3+ hours). Shoot, I'd pay for it on any flight longer than 2 hours just for the convenience of it. But like already mentioned the latency would make it pretty useless for gaming, you'd be dead before you even knew it!

I wonder who will be the first major US carrier to offer this? I'm willing to bet on Jet Blue personally. I love their planes, and would fly them pretty much exclusively(where I can, they don't fly everywhere yet unfortunately) if they were the fisrt ones to offer this.

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