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  • From: "Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] in flight broadband wireless
  • Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:56:08 -0400

What I really like is the whole implication behind the "extinguish all
electronic devices" command.

Basically, they are telling you that any moron with cell phone, PDA, gameboy
or any other electronic device can cause the plane to crash. Not exactly a
move for building confidence in the safety of air travel...


----- Original Message -----
From: "David R. Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>
To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] in flight broadband wireless


> i've been clearly commanded in the past to extinguish all "electronic
> devices" because simply having them turned on would "cause imminent
> danger to the craft" (i.e. the plane would instantly crash into a
> mountain or something).
>
> now they are reversing this 20+ years of bullshit because they want
> more money. crazy how this capitalism thing works! suddenly there is
> no radio frequency interference because some CEO wants a bigger annual
> bonus.
>
> hogwash. complete hogwash. now i will sit patiently and await the
> first wireless hacker terrorist plane being brought down attack. then
> i want to hear an explanation from the same bastards pushing this idea
> now.
>
> "Markets!! They are all just Markets!!"
>
> On Friday, April 25, 2003, at 11:26 AM, ids AT idisplay.com wrote:
>
> > Internetworkers, fyi
> > "Is Web access Lufthansa's hot ticket?"
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1039-998282.html?tag=fd_top
> >
> > "The airline (Lufthansa German Airlines) has been testing equipment
> > and services from Connexion by Boeing, the wireless technology
> > subsidiary of the aerospace giant. For the past three months,
> > passengers on 140 Lufthansa flights have been able to use their
> > laptops to access the Internet at broadband speeds.
> >
> > Between 50 and 80 passengers per flight used the service, according to
> > preliminary results of the trial run. A typical Lufthansa plane can
> > seat 250 passengers. Web traveling passengers were "doing lots of
> > streaming video" and even using the Web to make phone calls, said
> > Terrance Scott, a Connexion by Boeing spokesman.
> >
> > ...Many companies have yet to see profits in providing customers with
> > wireless Internet service. But Connexion by Boeing enjoys an advantage
> > its competitors don't have: a captive, antsy audience. Boredom, Boeing
> > executives believe, can pay. Revenue from such a service could be
> > between $5 billion to $8 billion annually, the company estimates."
> >
> > Ed W
> > ---
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