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engadget.com - 8/20/2008
American Airlines goes live with in-flight WiFi service
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At long last, "you are now free to surf the intarwebz while flying." Okay, so maybe it has been possible in the past, but American Airlines is taking a huge leap forward in the US market today by giving passengers aboard long-haul Boeing 767-200 flights the option to hop online during the trip. The GoGo service, which is being provided by Aircell , will charge customers $12.95 for access to ...
reuters.com - 8/20/2008
American Air kicks off in-flight Internet service | Technology | Internet
— reuters.com — CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp's American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday,... making American the first U.S. airline to offer full in-flight broadband. The world's largest airline said its passengers on ... (more) American Air kicks off in-flight Internet ...
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blog.laptopmag.com - 8/22/2008
Live Blogging from the Sky: Testing American Airlines’ Gogo Wi-Fi
— blog.laptopmag.com — I am officially online in the sky. Boy, does it feel good. As soon as I got... the go ahead from the American Airlines’ flight attendants with the “use of electronic devices are now permitted” announcement, I fired up my Lenovo ... (more) Live Blogging from the Sky: Testing American Airlines’ ...
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The folks at Aircell, providers of the Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service that launched on American last week , have admitted that the ban on video and VoIP chats via Skype and other clients is not bandwidth related, it's for the sanity of everybody else on the plane (much like the in-flight calling ban that's started to float around Congress ). Well, after the first few days of the service, Andy ...
American Airlines In-Flight Wi-Fi Launches Today on Three Routes [In-flight Wi-fi] — Gizmodo
If you're flying on an AA 767-200 from NYC to San Francisco, Miami or Los Angeles, you can kick the tires of American's new Gogo/Aircell in-flight wi-fi service for $12.95 (the rate for flights over 3 hours). It's the same provider Delta will be using as they roll out the service fleetwide starting soon. Let us know how it is from the air, Giz jet-setters. FORT WORTH, Texas and ITASCA, Ill. ...