Tuesday, June 24, 2008
American Airlines to let customers use internet in-flight
And internet porn will now reach an untapped market -- the big blue sky.
Starting Wednesday, Fort Worth-based American Airlines will unveil Aircell's "Gogo" internet service on select flights. Wednesday will be a test flight from New York to L.A. and will be free for customers with laptops or Blackberrys, but expansion of the service onto other flights will cost passengers $12.95 for flights of three hours or more or $9.95 for shorter trips.
While it'd be nice if it were cheaper (or -- gasp -- free), at least this is a service that's giving customers something useful that wasn't already free and that they didn't have before.
Posted by Alex B.
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snowboard9, says:
$12.95 - yikes! You would think they would have learned from the airphone that obscene prices turn people off.
It may be different this time and I would likely pay it. When you're in a locked metal tube for 3 hours, the internet makes the time go by faster.
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jtmbls, says:
I think I'll stick to DVDs and solitaire.
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Brett Hoerner, says:
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w">Read a book, read a book.</a> (NSFW?)
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jtmbls, says:
Gah! Restricted! It must be bad.
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Alex Bentley, says:
Brett, in response to your question: Yes, definitely NSFW. R-E-A-D A B-O...O-K!
What I find interesting is that one of the "related" videos is <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=QWHW-jxxS1U">a man with a tail</a> (probably also NSFW). Um...wha?!
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Scott Doyle, says:
Uhh, methinks YouTube as a whole is restricted at your workplace.
Either way, vid is relatively <a href="http://blackademics.org/march-2008-interview-bomani-armah/">controversial</a>. I'd also like to point out the irony in linking to a site called Blackademics.org on the topic. =p
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jtmbls, says:
Alex – Aren’t you the guy with the thing for bugs? Fascinating what fascinates you.
So, a rap song called Read A Book is controversial but oh, let's see...Cop Killa is all good?
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xdavidwattsx, says:
That Read a Book vid is genius. I had forgotten about that one. Love it. But I also like Cop Killer so what do I know?
Take a look..it's in a book...the reading rainbow
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Alex Bentley, says:
Hey, what can I say, jtmbls -- I'm just constantly amazed at the weird stuff you can find on the internet. What an age we live in where, with one click, you can go from <a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/blogs/pegasusnewsblog/2008/jun/20/web-green-porno/">watching Isabella Rossellini performing insect sex</a> to seeing a guy with a tail. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
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jtmbls, says:
The possibilities are endless!
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Brett Hoerner, says:
Glad I could completely derail this.
I can't wait for the airline uh, what are supposed to call them these days, whatever - the airline people, I can't wait for them to have to do tech support for a bunch of confused people with laptops.
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Teresa Gubbins, says:
brett, perhaps a new employment option for you? oh and could you pls bring me another bag of peanuts
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xdavidwattsx, says:
"Thank you for calling American Airlines tech support, how may I help you"
"I can't get this insect sex video to work on Peg News"
"Did you reset the modem?"
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