Comments on: The Ultimate Managed Service: Inflight WiFi Is Here

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:07:02 +0000

Hey Della: Good to have your perspective but please disclose that you work for AirTight in the future comments you post. The site sounds interesting and I will give it a look.

By: della lowe

della lowe — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:28:46 +0000

Your question list left out one other important point. Is the service secure from prying cybereyes. Just because you are at 35000 feet does not mean you should forget best practices for secure computing when connected wirelessly. IF you want to see just how vulnerable your company and personal information is when using a hotspot, you can go to AirTight’s Knowledge Center at http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/resources/knowledge-center.html

By: Amy Katz

Amy Katz — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:49:00 +0000

Ditto Justin’s comment. UGH.

By: Justin Crotty

Justin Crotty — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:33:07 +0000

While in-flight internet access might improve productivity, I dread the day when people are yapping on their cell phones or making Skype type calls while jammed on an airplane. Airplanes are a miserable place to be anyway – can you imagine what will happen if people can make calls while in-flight? It will be anarchy up there – flying insane asylums. “Can you hear me? I’m on an airplane! I said an airplane! ARE YOU THERE?!”

OMG please never let it happen.

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:55:02 +0000

ekb88: I agree with your point. I don’t plan to use Skype VoIP (and yes, that service is blocked). But it would be nice to know the VoIP service is available — just in case I needed it.

By: ekb88

ekb88 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:40:41 +0000

No offense, but I don’t think anyone wants to be the person sitting next to someone trying to talk via Skype on a flight. I’m really hoping that gets blocked. Use IM – it’s quieter!!

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:54:53 +0000

Update: The Go Go documentation says VoIP services are “currently prohibited.” Sounds like a polite way of stating inflight VoIP may — or may not — be coming soon.

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:20:33 +0000

We just found the inflight system’s first limitations: Skype phone calls between me and Amy Katz were garbled or got dropped. So much for VoIP from 35,000 feet.

By: Amy Katz

Amy Katz — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:18:36 +0000

Talk about ‘Cloud Computing.’

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