Originally Posted by
dhuey
This whole area of inflight WiFi is going to be hugely controversial: phone calls, porn, violent movies and games, confidential data transmissions, harrassment of other passengers...and probably some controversies no one has even thought of yet. FT might even want to have a separate forum for this.
In general, these things (at least the porn, violent movies/games, and confidential conversations) happen today, even without WiFi. One of my pet peeves is people who talk loudly enough for others to hear -- even when speaking to the person sitting right next to them! I see the question as, to what extent will WiFi exacerbate these problems?
Originally Posted by
nacirema
AA will start providing internet on their transcon 762s in early 2008 but they already announced that Skype type services will be blocked.
I would be naive for anybody to think that any such blocking will work for long. Of course, AA has to officially state that they are blocking it, but I'm betting that it will take only a day or two before someone finds a way around that. Prepare for more loud conversations as people strain to be overheard above the cabin noise!
