Pondering: Internet Access On Airplanes

Sept. 14, 2006
Does the thought of JetBlue offering Internet access give you the blues? Do you expect this to lead to cheaper in-flight calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and passengers screaming into VoIP phones, just like people screaming into their phon

Does the thought of JetBlue offering Internet access give you the blues? Do you expect this to lead to cheaper in-flight calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and passengers screaming into VoIP phones, just like people screaming into their phones in restaurants? How annoying will that be? Shouldn't this raise some red flags for security?

E-mail your responses to dharris@penton

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