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IP: connectivity in the air
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 05:48:54 -0400
From http://www.ecommercetimes.com/news/articles2000/000428-2.shtml Six Major Airlines To Form B2B Exchange By Paul A. Greenberg E-Commerce Times April 28, 2000 <snip> Boeing's High Wire Act In related news, aerospace giant Boeing Co. revealed plans Thursday to provide airline passengers access to the Internet via a high-speed, satellite-based communications network. Boeing will partner with CNN, CNBC, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and Loral Skynet to establish the new service, called Connexion. The service will initially cost consumers roughly the same amount as a cellular telephone call. Installations will begin early next year, with the service being offered first to North American airline customers. By late 2003, Boeing will extend the service to Europe, over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and eventually in Asia. Tentative plans call for every seat on some planes to include a data port. Passengers will be able to access the Internet via their own laptop computers.
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