[92863] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Sun Oct 15 22:12:27 2006
In-Reply-To: <607FCC32-81BD-493C-BD10-0B6299D267BD@cisco.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Christian Kuhtz <christian@kuhtz.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:11:36 -0400
To: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@cisco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Oct 14, 2006, at 8:36 PM, Roland Dobbins wrote:
>
>
> On Oct 14, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Christian Kuhtz wrote:
>
>> Such a service would probably only make sense for transcon U.S.
>> flights, where the lack of connectivity can be noticed. And on
>> those routes (at least the airline that I fly) I have about half a
>> dozen or so EmPowered choices each day between, say, Atlanta and
>> Los Angeles.
>
> I think a hotspot-like monthly pass option for flights of any
> duration would receive strong uptake, were the service ubiquitous,
> which will require near-universal availability of power in economy-
> class cabins, IMHO.
All that is needed is for there to be coverage in economy cabins
equipped with EmPower, such as transcon 767-400 and 777.
