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Wifi on AirTran: There’s Nothing Stopping You (Except Maybe the Price)

The NY Times is reporting today about how AirTran will install Aircell's Gogo Inflight wifi service on its entire fleet of Boeing 717s and 737s by mid-summer. (Other airlines are adding in-flight wifi as well.) The article points out 3 problems with in-flight wifi:

• Price — on AirTran it ranges from $7.95 (for smartphone access) to $9.95 (flights under 3 hours) to $12.95 (flights over 3 hours)

• Lack of electrical outlets

• The jerk in front of you who slams his/her seat all the way back into your lap 6 nanoseconds after he/she boards, giving you no room to type

I wouldn’t try to use the in-flight wifi on a laptop or with my new netbook — it seems I always get stuck with a Lazy Boy Recliner in front of me — but I’d consider trying it out with my T-Mobile G1.

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).