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Article: Broadband Internet takes to the skies.
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- Network World
- Article date:
- May 17, 2004
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Byline: MARTYN WILLIAMS
If Scott Carson gets his way, the announcement "We have reached surfing altitude" might soon be as familiar to air travelers as safety demonstrations, packs of peanuts and stowing the tray in the upright and locked position.
Carson is CEO of Connexion by Boeing, a company formed by The Boeing Co. in 2000 to deliver broadband Internet to aircraft. He and his team have traveled the world in the last year demonstrating the system to airline customers and they're about to see the first fruits of their work. The service is ready to enter commercial service this week when Germany's Lufthansa begins offering it on flights between Europe ...