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Old Oct 9, 2004 | 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by drtravix
Another thing that is being looked at is offline cached content. For example, every time the plane docks, they hook up a cable (they're looking at wireless docking mechanisms too) to the gate which downloads about 10 or so websites (CNN.com, ESPN.com, DISNEY) and stores it on the plane. Then, instead of having a live feed, people can browse those cached sites from the plane with only a few hour stale factor.
I'm not surprised clueless marketing people are looking into this, but it will never fly (excuse the pun). People want live content. No one will pay for stale content.
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