Air Wi-Fi
With several airlines getting set to launch in-air Wi-Fi service, Online Media Daily is throwing some cold water on the plans. They cite a study from Orbitz for Business that says a majority of business travelers don't want or need to be connected in flight.
I don't know about that. I suspect that in-air Wi-Fi would be a terrific plus - it sure beats those dreadful movies they show in-flight. And while I can understand why travelers say they wouldn't pay extra for a flight with Wi-Fi, I'm willing to bet that the service gets a pretty good workout.
Speaking personally, the service I await with considerable dread is in-air cell phone service. How wonderful - a plane full of yammering idiots braying at the top of their lungs into their cell phones, as they do now on commuter trains, in restaurants, during movies, etc. Looks like we'll all be faced with the difficult choice between acquiring noise-cancelling headsets or buying rolls of duct tape, to be forcibly applied to the mouth of a chattering seatmate...
NO NO NO NO NO!
It's the one time I can get work done without email, IM, Skype, etc...
NO WiFi in the sky!
Posted by: Peter | January 30, 2008 at 07:29 AM
Peter, granted, it's not either or, but I'd still rather have WiFi as an option than put up with loud jerks on their cell phones... ;-)
Posted by: Les Blatt | January 30, 2008 at 08:46 AM