American Airlines begins testing Wi-Fi service on Boeing 767-200 airliners, according to Ars Technica. The airline has already completed the installation of necessary equipment Aircell on two planes, and the end of the year access to high-speed wireless Internet will have an additional 15 aircraft. The broadband signal will come from 92 cellular towers Aircell, located in 48 U.S. states at a frequency of 3 GHz. Equipment to be installed in the reception of the cockpit. Aircell says that the service can be compared with the mobile technology, high-speed 3G data.
At first, the Internet will be able to use only the passengers transcontinental flights, and later the internal. The cost of the new service carrier has not yet announced, but presumably it will be U.S. $ 10. Passengers will be able to use e-mail, VPN, and the main features of access to the network, except for IP-telephony.
In 2001, Boeing has already tried to organize a wireless internet access on board, running the Connexion service. However, the demand for it was small, half an hour of access cost $ 10 and $ 30 - for the duration of the flight. Connexion shut down in 2006. Now Wi-Fi service on board the aircraft also offer Jet Blu, German Lufthansa and Qantas Australian.
Source:. Kompyulenta.
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