Article: Boeing's Planned Broadband Internet Offering for Passengers Downplays Setback.

By David Bowermaster, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 18--PARIS--United Airlines' decision to join forces with Tenzing Communications and Verizon AirFone to offer passengers two-way e-mail access would seem to be a major blow to Connexion, Boeing's planned broadband Internet offering.

Connexion Chief Executive Scott Carson isn't so sure.

"I fully expect United to be a (Connexion) customer within three years," Carson predicted during a media reception at Boeing's chalet at the Paris Air Show.

"United helped us invent (Connexion)."

Carson said his team had expected the United-Tenzing-Verizon ...

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