http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtalk/2008/06/30/why-will-aircell-gogo-succeed-where-boeing-connexion-failed/ http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtal

http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtalk/2008/06/30/why-will-aircell-gogo-succeed-where-boeing-connexion-failed/ http://boardingarea.com/blogs/traveltechtalk/2008/06/30/why-... The Boeing Connexion system was satellite-based (thus high latency), cost $500K per plane, and weighed 1000 pounds. The Gogo equipment costs $100K per plane, and weighs 100 pounds. It's ground-based, with stations using EVDO equipment that point upwards. Presumably the EVDO base stations cost a lot less to implement and operate than running a satellite uplink, since that's tried and true cell phone tech.