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A video of me chatting with Brian Lam on Virgin America WiFi at 30k feet.
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10 Things You Need To Know About In Flight Wi-Fi [Airline Wi-fi]
Gizmodo — I'm live from Virgin America's Beta run of their Wi-Fi service, over San Francisco, and there are a few things you should know about how its going to work when most airlines go live in 2009. And yes, I posted this live, 15k feet over the Pacific Ocean. 1. Your last bastion of Internet Free peace is gone. Forever. You'll be forced to work on flights instead of valium napping or reading comic books, and your boss will expect you to be checking email. 2. Total bandwidth is not as fast as Cable Modem, but it seems faster than slow DSL. (We were sharing 3.1Mbps down and 1.8Mbps up, which isn't bad at all, on this Virgin America test flight, and ...

Live in Air: 10 Things You Need To Know About In Flight Wi-Fi [Airline Wi-fi]
Gizmodo — I'm live from Virgin America's Beta run of their Wi-Fi service, over San Francisco, and there are a few things you should know about how its going to work when most airlines go live in 2009. And yes, I am posting this live from 15k feet over the Pacific Ocean. 1. Your last bastion of Internet Free peace is gone. Forever. You'll be forced to work on flights instead of valium napping or reading comic books, and your boss will expect you to be checking email. Time to plan a camping trip. 2. Total bandwidth is not as fast as Cable Modem, but it seems faster than slow DSL. (We were sharing 3.6Mbps down and 1.8Mbps up, which isn't bad at all, on ...

Virgin’s Plane-Fi: It Works
dailywireless.org — Gizmodo posts 10 Things You Need To Know About In Flight Wi-Fi. Brian Lam went live from Virgin America promotional Wi-Fi junket over San Francisco. The carrier’s first Wi-Fi enabled plane will circle the skies above San Francisco during the event and a segment of the YouTube Live show will be streamed from 35,000 feet to an audience on the ground and on-line. Your last bastion of Internet Free peace is gone. Forever. You’ll be forced to work on flights instead of valium napping or reading comic books, and your boss will ...

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