Qantas Announces In-Flight Wi-Fi on the Airbus A380
Just when things were looking bleak for in-flight Wi-Fi, Australia's Qantas this week announced plans for Wi-Fi throughout its new airbus a380 aircraft.
"Customers in every cabin will… be able to remain connected throughout their flight with wireless connectivity," says John Borghetti, the airline's executive general manager.
As APC's Dan Warne puts it, "We can confirm this is officially a geek's dream plane!"
Still, Warne notes that geeks may have to exercise patience. "The broadband will be provided via Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband 432kbit/sec-per-channel service – a fairly slow link for a planeload of passengers, which could equate to sub-dialup speeds per passenger unless the aircraft uses multiple satellite channels at once," he writes.
More here from T3 … more here from Wi-Fi Networking News … more here from ZDNet … more here from InformationWeek … more here from TMCnet … and the press release is here.
Photo above is from APC.