Yeah, IIRC Delta had free wifi while they were testing it and Virgin's was free during the holiday season. And yes the wifi alliance has some biases, but Wakef

Yeah, IIRC Delta had free wifi while they were testing it and Virgin's was free during the holiday season. And yes the wifi alliance has some biases, but Wakefield (http://www.wakefieldresearch.com/ http://www.wakefieldresearch.com/) is an independent research firm. That's a good point, though about charging in order to throttle bandwidth concerns. But that comes at a potentially high cost in public perception points. All it takes is one airline to say "Everyone should have free wifi, so now we do!" and there will be a big jump in people complaining about having to pay for it.