Thursday, January 16, 2003

Seattle reporter files story from Lufthansa/Boeing data trial flight: A Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter tested out the new Frankfurt-Washington, D.C. Lufthansa flight that features wired and wireless access to a 128 Kbps up/3 Mbps down satellite link. The system supplied by Boeing division Connexion can be used only with a single Wi-Fi card at the moment, but general approval is being sought. Boeing's Seattle rival Tenzing, which had originally planned an SAS/Telia trial for in-flight Wi-Fi almost two years ago, scoffed at Connexion's cost structure; Tenzing has put lower-speed service into nearly 40 planes. Lufthansa plans to charge about $30 per flight for access to the service. Wired plugs and electrical outlets are available only in first and business class. More planes will probably not be added after this 3-month test until 2004. [via several readers and Wireless-World list] [80211b News] If I flew more often, this would be truely exciting. 7:45:57 PM

pocket WiFi detector released [Smart Mobs] How do I get one? 6:51:48 PM