I thought the matter was dead after Boeing shut down their much hyped in-flight WiFi plans (yep), but Engadget got a seat on JetBlue’s private introductory flight for their WiFi service. The good news is that it’s free, the not surprising news is that Yahoo! is partnering in it (and it requires a Yahoo! account), [...]

Posted December 13, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Dispatches, Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: air travel, airlines, BetaBlue, in-flight WiFi, JetBlue, wifi. 2 Comments.

If I didn’t like flying, or at least if I couldn’t tolerate it, I wouldn’t making my third distant trip in as many months. And though I know many others spend a whole lot more time in planes than I do, I still think Vasken has a bit of a point in the following:
I couldnt [...]

Posted February 14, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Travel. Tags: air travel, airlines, flight, flying, flying time, security, time, trasnportation, Travel, vasken hauri, wasted time. One Comment.

I do a lot of flying in and out of Boston’s Logan Airport, so I’ve been following the controversy about WiFi there with some interest.
The story is that Massport, the government agency that runs the airport, is trying to tell tennents — like the airlines — that they can’t operate their own WiFi networks. But [...]

Posted October 30, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Technology. Tags: airlines, airwaves, atlanta, boston, cellphones, common sense test, editorial remarks, emergency response, faa, fcc, glenn fleishman, government agency, logan airport, massport, spectrum, taxicab, tsa, wifi. 6 Comments.