WiFi allowed on Planes?
Jul 5, 2006 | 12:11 pm
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WiFi allowed on Planes?
I thought that wireless devices were not allowed on planes, but I just read about the Austrian airlines have a wireless internet service in their business class. So is wifi allowed on planes? I'm curious if I can use some Nintendo DS Lite's with wireless on my flights.
Jul 5, 2006 | 2:59 pm
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Aircraft equipped with Boeing's Connexion service use WiFi for connectivity. I imagine the access points have been specially shielded to prevent any interference with flight systems (if such interference is even possible).
I imagine if you wi-fi with another person using handhold game consoles or via ad-hoc wireless mode on your laptop, nobody's going to know.
Just don't taunt the guy two rows up when you win.
I imagine if you wi-fi with another person using handhold game consoles or via ad-hoc wireless mode on your laptop, nobody's going to know.
Just don't taunt the guy two rows up when you win.
Jul 5, 2006 | 3:13 pm
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SEA_Tigger is right. Lufthansa had this for a very long time. SQ also has this
and EK has something similar.. but not exactly. And a few others have this
service too.
Austrian is not the new one to this WiFi arena.
and EK has something similar.. but not exactly. And a few others have this
service too.
Austrian is not the new one to this WiFi arena.
Jul 5, 2006 | 7:42 pm
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Originally Posted by stoked
So I assume WiFi isn't going to cause interference or something. They always tell you to turn off cellphones, pagers, etc...
cell phones or any other portable devices would cause any interference .
Jul 5, 2006 | 8:56 pm
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Originally Posted by cpx
There are several threads on this. There is no conclusive evidence that
cell phones or any other portable devices would cause any interference .
cell phones or any other portable devices would cause any interference .