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Original Post: But What About Really Long Haul?
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Only one major airline, AirTran Airways, has equipped its entire fleet with Wi-Fi using a service called Gogo, which relies on ground-to-air gear over the 3 MHz spectrum from Aircell. AirTran has a fleet of 136 aircraft, and Aircell said Gogo is available on more than 500 aircraft on six U.S. airlines, including all 28 planes flown by Virgin America.
Relying on the ground based 3G network is fine except for one small problem: it disappears as soon as you hit an ocean. Which means that these airlines won't have any wifi on the really long haul flights to Europe and Asia. Sure, I'd like wifi if I have to trave to, say, Seattle. But I'd really, really like it if I had to visit China :)
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