http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/08/united.wi.fi.starts.with.13.planes/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/unitedairlines.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />United Airlines this week began deploying Wi-Fi on some of its flights. The rollout will at first cover longer flights between California and New York and should have 13 Boeing 757 planes in United's fleet offering Internet access by mid-November. Much as with similar approaches from Virgin and other airlines, the new approach is based on Aircell's Gogo technology and shares a 3G cellular connec... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/08/united.wi.fi.starts.with.13.planes/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/21/southwest.airlines/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/southwestplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Southwest Airlines announced recently that it has concluded testing Wi-Fi Internet access on four of its airplanes and has plans to expand the in-flight service to its entire fleet as early as next year. Passengers involved in the testing have returned positive feedback, and Southwest itself is pleased with the technical performance of the in-flight service and the customer response, according to ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/21/southwest.airlines/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/23/us.airways.go.gogo.in.2010/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/iphone-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />US Airways on Thursday announced it has partnered with AirCell to bring that company's Gogo in-flight hotspot service into its airplanes by early in 2010. Via Gogo, fliers will be able to browse the Internet, chat via instant messaging programs and download e-mail on their Wi-Fi notebooks, smartphones and other portable hardware. The Airbus A321 will be the first aircraft to get the feature and wi... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/23/us.airways.go.gogo.in.2010/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/14/united.in.flight.internet/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/iphone-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />United Airlines will bring in-flight Internet access to a portion of its planes later this year, according to an announcement. The company has specifically chosen AirCell's gogo service, which has already been attached to companies like Delta, American Airlines and Virgin America. Passengers will be able to connect via any Wi-Fi device, and access conventional Internet functions such as e-mail a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/14/united.in.flight.internet/ Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/20/aa.starts.gogo.in.air.wifi/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/gogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />American Airlines today started offering Gogo, its Aircell-run service for in-flight Internet access. The feature pipes a cellular Internet connection from the ground to a router onboard each plane, which in turn shares its access to all passengers through Wi-Fi. The service is platform-agnostic and provides access to both notebooks as well as handhelds, including explicit support for iPhones as... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/20/aa.starts.gogo.in.air.wifi/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/05/delta.offers.gogo.wi.fi/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/ibook-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Delta Air Lines announced on Tuesday it will offer broadband Wi-Fi access on all domestic flights in 2009, equipping over 330 airplanes with the ability to access the Aircell-created Gogo network. The service will allow data transfer speeds of more than 12Mbps, and will be offered in both first and economy classes. It will give Delta the distinction of being the first and only US airline to offer ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/05/delta.offers.gogo.wi.fi/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/house.decides.in.air.ban/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/iphone-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Congressional Transportation and Infrastructure committee voted yesterday to introduce a bill to the House of Representatives that will potentially outlaw nearly all use of active cellphones on any commercial aircraft. Nicknamed the Hang Up Act, the measure would ban placing or receiving voice calls for all but the crew as well as for any air marshals aboard a given flight. Democrat Peter De... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/house.decides.in.air.ban/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/aircell.wi.fi.going.lte.4g/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/ibook-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Aircell, which will offer Wi-Fi access on airplanes while in flight via its Gogo service, today announced it would base its second generation of the service on the 4G Long Term Evolution data network. When the service goes live later on this year, it will use CDMA EVDO Rev A for data transfer during flights, topping out at more than 12 Mbps. By the end of 2009, Aircell plans to up that number to 2... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/16/aircell.wi.fi.going.lte.4g/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/am.air.wi.fi.testing/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/ibook-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />American Airlines will begin testing in-flight Wi-Fi technology on June 25th, a report claims. The technology is expected to debut on a round-trip flight between New York City's JFK and Los Angeles' LAX, and should it be successful, it could be quickly activated on number of other AA aircraft. Some 15 Boeing 767-200 planes are said to already have Wi-Fi installed, it just being a matter of activ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/24/am.air.wi.fi.testing/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/11/gogo.in.air.internet.soon/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/ibook-airplane.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The first full in-flight Internet access since the end of Boeing's Connexion service is coming in the spring, according to a GigaOM report. Now titled gogo, the service developed by AirCell will allow browsing and other common Internet tasks over a modified version of a EVDO Revision A cellular connection (used by Sprint and Verizon) to supply a 3Mbps Internet link shared by the whole cabin throu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/11/gogo.in.air.internet.soon/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:05:00 GMT