AA to Commence In-flight WiFi Testing

via Wired


A plane ride would be a lot less boring with WiFi to help pass the time. (Think of all the History Channel programs you'd be able to download and watch from iTunes!) Finally -- American Airlines has announced it will begin testing in-flight WiFi in the coming weeks.

AA will deploy WiFi on 15 jets; testing could take as long as six months, according to a ComputerWorld article. Supposedly the testing focuses on the performance of the WiFi rather than flight safety -- which is puzzling since in-flight wireless gaming was banned in Japan in fear of interrupting plane instruments. Technology-wise, is the U.S. ahead of Japan for once? Probably not, but we'll just have to wait and see.