Will Airplane Internet Services Take Off?

Why would we want widespread internet access in the cabin????

Sure there are piles of us out there that will get our ire up and say that I deserve to be able to surf the 'net and make phone calls (Kenny Tarmac included!), but I personally don't want to sit next to the Kenny Tarmac type and listen to his "big sales deals". It is very nice to hear the announcement and then finally get the respite from the fifteen people saying good bye to their lovers and mothers, the 5 Kenny's finally shutting up, and the rest of the people who are just on the phone to tell someone they are boarding, on the plane, etc.

Talking (even to a piece of plastic) on a plane is worse than talking in the elevator. Either engage in friendly conversation with the person next to you, or shut up! Since people don't have that sort of common sense, we have to face yet another law telling us to do so. This is one stupid unnecessary law that I actually support - far too many of us are too dumb to handle it on our own.

As for the interference bringing the plane down... If your phone call while taxi-ing to the runway would cause a crash, why don't planes crash into each other while other planes are boarding - EVERYONE is on the phone bragging about where they are, where they are headed - and when they will be able to call back. The air around an airport is ripe with a thousand rude fools blowing wind. IF this was a problem, every electronic piece of equipment in every plane would be jammed solid!

Enjoy the law and take a nap! You won't die if unconnected for an hour or two...

You wrote, "Why would we want widespread internet access in the cabin????"

So we can text.

According to some in Washington it is one of the "rights" we have as citizens, you know. ;-)

"Textspeak" of a sort has been around for a long time. There is an old joke about reducing the word count in a telegram, resulting in:

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