Comments on: Southwest Airlines To Offer Inflight Broadband

By: Southwest to Roll Out Wi-Fi Fleetwide in Q1 2010

Southwest to Roll Out Wi-Fi Fleetwide in Q1 2010 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:16:07 +0000

[...] to offer broadband access in all of its planes. The service, in partnership with Row 44, has been in the testing stage for the past year; it provides roughly 30 Mbps of bandwidth to a plane via Ku band satellites (and [...]

By: Tim McCarthy

Tim McCarthy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:03:20 +0000

That's awesome! I love what Jetblue did with the seat TV's. I think flying has improved a lot in my lifetime.

By: January 25, 2008 | TechTV Update

January 25, 2008 | TechTV Update — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:07:37 +0000

[...] sale (even though it doesn’t want to be). Holy flying WiFi, Batman! American Airlines and Southwest prepare to plug their passengers into the [...]

By: Matt Keegan

Matt Keegan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:09:25 +0000

That's awesome. There are times when I am making a coast-to-coast flight that I need access to the computer to check email. Though most of Southwest's legs aren't that long, it is still great to know that we can access the internet, if needed.

By: January 25, 2008 | TechBurgh

January 25, 2008 | TechBurgh — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:53:03 +0000

[...] flying WiFi, Batman! American Airlines and Southwest prepare to plug their passengers into the [...]

By: Michael Caton

Michael Caton — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:28:11 +0000

How much will it cost? SW sells on not nickel and diming the customer, but it doesn't seem like this could be a freeby.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:57:09 +0000

Regarding airport outlets, I always take a three-way plug splitter with me when traveling. That way no one objects when I show up to share an outlet.

By: BD

BD — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:00:08 +0000

Agree with Constance - I was in Seattle/Tacoma recently & looked for an outlet at the gate so I wouldn't burn battery waiting to board the plane.

Nonexistent.

I do have better luck re: battery, though; the high capacity battery I got with my Dell Vostro lasts almost 4 hours (I know because my son & I watched 3 plus episodes of "Band of Brothers" each way on our trip).

By: Constance Reader

Constance Reader — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:16:02 +0000

Amen, Benoit, that's what I've been saying about in-flight wifi for the past year or more. I don't care if it's cheap or even if it's free, my laptop's battery wipes out after an hour. And of the many airports I visit every year, very very few have enough outlets to go around when at least half the travelers present need to charge.

By: GeraldZ

GeraldZ — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:05:26 +0000

I was surprised recently when I looked under the seats of an American Airlines S-80. Power outlets! Maybe they don’t advertise this fact because too many users might overload the circuits?

http://www.RSSLiveTV.com – a quick and easy way to tune into live internet television

By: Benoit

Benoit — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:17:34 +0000

I’m sure that a lot of people can’t wait to play flight simulator with a southwest plane.
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/dreamliner_security

How about they start by offering power outlets so my laptop doesn’t die?