Wireless Internet Launched on Lufthansa FRA - IAD

JpMaxMan writes "On flight LH 418 from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, DC, Lufthansa AG began on Wednesday a three-month trial for a new onboard wireless broadband service that allows travelers to connect to the Internet some 10,000 meters in the sky."

Cost and Speed

[Blaine Hilton]

I wonder how much this costs, and I'm assumming its satalite so does that affect pings for online gaming? Fragging from 10,000feet..........

pr0n and the very friendly skies

[sugardaddyano]

does this mean i can finally join the solo mile high club?

great

[Stanley Feinbaum]

I always enjoy surfing the net while high.

In related news

[Chuck Chunder]

The RIAA and MPAA, building upon their already close relationship with law enforcement agencies, are lobbying to give armed air marshalls the power to shoot on sight anyone caught engaging in "terrorist activities" such as file sharing and unauthorised humming.

PRICELESS

[hckrdave]

Ticket: $200
Cab to the airport: $12
Drinks at then lounge: $30
Watching porn @ 600mph feet all wasted: $PRICELESS

Re:risks and advantages?

[jmt9581]

It will be interesting to see how different countried react to this availability onboard - many countried are VERY paranoid about RF gear operating on an airliner due to fear of interferance with the onboard systems...

The article forgot to mention the thousand miles or so of Cat5e running out of the end of the plane. :)

now you can spam

[stonebeat.org]

from 10, KM high in the sky (in no man's territory), and be never convicted for it..... Next time i am travling on lufthansa, i am taking my 1 million email address CD with me.

Warchalking (Warflying) Bums in Lear jets

[cyber_rigger]

Now we will see bums in their lear jets
warflying in close formation to the airliners
just to get the free internet access.

:^)

Sample Terrorist IM Log

[Anonymous Coward]

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SexyGirl17Muslim: no meal service yet :(

Akmad469GoodTime: I H8 NUTS!!!

SexyGirl17Muslim: u r nuts!!! LOL!

Akmad469GoodTime: ROFLOLOFLOLFO!!!!!!

Question

[Maxwell'sSilverLART]

As a pilot, and an American, I just have to ask one question:

What the hell is a meter?

A Flying Webserver

[Jason1729]

Eventually someone will take their webserver along on the plane and then posts a Slashdot article about it. What happens when we slashdot an airplane?

Jason
ProfQuotes [profquotes.com]

People are paranoid...

[Cyno01]

You cant even talk about Bombs in an airport, now we're gonna have dorks on planes yelling about their FPS game, "Score, i just got the rocket launcher!!". As if the skymarshals dont have their work cut out for them, now they have to sperate gamers from terrorists.

Re:risks and advantages?

[Ponty]

Don't forget the repeaters with parachutes.

Re:Question

[fiftyfly]

it's, roughly, the distance from your head to your ass. Oh wait, sorry - my bad, that would be an _inch_

Re:pr0n and the very friendly skies

[PD]

Sort of a high jack?

Re:Some day...

[shivianzealot]

Eventually the Internet will become an essential service in any business that's open to the public: malls, airports, schools, bus stops... just like drinking fountains, walkways, and bathrooms.

My god, I must have fallen into some sort of trans-dimensional rift; I'M BACK IN 1997!

/me runs off to buy stock

Rendezvous

[TracerJPN_USMC]

Just imagine the possiblities for all the apple users.. load up ichat and look for Rendezvous contacts on the same flight! Maybe you could hook up with a female type you never would have talked to before.

Reminds me of ...

[belbo]

this cartoon [heise.de]

(For all you German challenged people out there, it reads: 'New device found. Device: Airbus A310. Start automatic configuration?')

b.

I can't wait to see the popup ads...

[MyHair]

Popup ads aimed at airborne websurfers:

<flashing> Your aircraft may not be optimized!!!!
[ OK ]

Seduce flight attendants FAST!!
[ OK ]

Your might be in danger from TERRORISTS! Find out who is on your plane.
<link>Consumer/Credit reports

I can see it all now.

[xombo]

Noone else has seemed to say this yet, and you all knew it was coming

First war dialing
then war driving
now war flying!

I think wired would be more practical, but wireless does have it's advantages, I just hate the damned dongles (drools @ powerbook). How do they control who can use it? Do they give out a different WEP key or whatever?