Originally Posted by
LarryJ
My understanding is that free messaging is not offered on any UAL airplanes at this time. iMessage, and some Google services, work on the Thales system but that is only because they haven't taken the steps necessary to block them. It is not a service that is being intentionally provided.
Understood. There's free messaging on certain UA aircraft because UA has unintentionally left the door open. I'm just saying there's no inherent limitation in any of the relevant internet providers' systems that would prevent offering free access if UA were interested in matching the competition.