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Should airlines let passengers make calls via Wi-Fi?
- electromagnetic 17y agoAnd lose the $5 a minute phone calls? I doubt it.
- spicyj 17y agoThe issue isn't the cost; it's the fact that other passengers likely want a quiet flying experience.
- tjogin 17y agoI don't find flying experiences particularly quiet without calls.
- borism 17y agooh yes it is about cost! but the point is - how many people will use paid airphone vs how many people will use paid wifi? wifi is much more ubiquitous, yet lesser margin service. so will there be net neutrality or heavy censorship on airline wireless networks? ;)
- mhb 17y agoSo there's WiFi on planes now?
- edw519 17y agoYes. I know Airtran has it. $6 for a 2 hour flight. I'll be on Hacker News for 2 hours straight one day next week.
- bbgm 17y agoNumber of airlines, Virgin for example. I believe Alaska either has it or will have it soon
- borism 17y agoin the US, yes, many airlines are installing it now. outside of US picture is much grimmer though :( (by outside I mean both International Airspace as well as other countries).
- tybris 17y agoSilly question. Progress will happen.