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FCC moves to expand fast Internet to airlines
17 December 2004WASHINGTON - Domestic air travelers could be surfing the Web by 2006 with government-approved technology that offers access to high-speed Internet connections.
"We are pushing the frontiers in order to bring the information age to all corners of the world," Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said Wednesday after a unanimous vote approving the new technology for airlines. "We want it on the land, in the air and on the sea."
The FCC also voted to solicit public comment about ending the ban on in-flight use of cell phones. Among the issues to consider are whether passengers want to be surrounded by phone conversations.
"The ability to communicate is a vital one, but good cell phone etiquette is also essential," Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said. "Our job is to see if this is possible and then let consumers work out the etiquette."
The FCC approved a wireless Internet offering from Boeing Co. that uses satellites to get air travelers online. Boeing's Connexion service is offered by some international carriers, including on some flights to the United States.
Domestic carriers have shied away from it in large part because of the cost of outfitting planes with the technology, estimated to be about $500,000 a plane.
Currently, the only way passengers on domestic flights can communicate with the ground is through phones typically built into seatbacks. That service isn't very popular: It costs far more than conventional or cell phones and the reception often is poor.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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