[92823] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Sat Oct 14 02:13:56 2006
In-Reply-To: <8D4ABC87-D311-45BD-A829-731C348809F4@centergate.com>
From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:13:02 -0700
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Oct 13, 2006, at 1:52 PM, Rodney Joffe wrote:
> Maybe the Connexion folks on the list could tell us what is needed
> to make it work on the network side - I'm sure we have enough
> resources between us to handle that. And there are a number of
> aircraft that already have the equipment...
The biggest obstacles to success for a service of this type are a)
high cost and b) the lack of AC power throughout most commercial
airliners. Some folks are willing to put up with a), but not for
just a couple of hours due to b).
Until AC power is prevalent throughout the cabins of commercial
airliners, it's unclear whether such a service will attract
sufficient subscribers to become economically viable, IMHO.
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