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Wi-Fi Goes Airborne

While the title of the punk band Dead Kennedys 1987 album, "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death" may be a little extreme, people today have gotten pretty bellicose in their demands for service. And one of the areas in which we are most thwarted is in our desire to use the Internet while traveling on planes. Oh sure, we can surf in the airports, but once we set foot in the cabin, the laptops go off and our In Boxes lie fallow.

Read the whole story at Technology Review, August 27, 2004 »

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