Article: Boeing Prepares to Launch In-Flight Broadband Internet Access.

By Peter J. Cooper, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 27--Connexion by Boeing is arguably the most exciting project in the Internet universe at the present time. On January 15 a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to New York will become the first commercial aircraft to have broadband Internet connection in-flight.

For the busy executive this means that you can plug in your laptop or PDA and check your emails, or surf the Web for news from AMEInfo. For the leisure traveler there will be streaming video over the broadband network. And unlimited access will cost from around 5 per flight.

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