Russianhaxor
07-16-2009, 07:00 AM
Here is a little article i wrote up about my testing experience with the newly announced inflight wifi.
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/ThumbL.aspx?file=/Data/2009_7_15/AirTran-delivers-Wi-Fi-service-tested-at-362c000-feet\Aircell_AirTran_Cloud_Comp_.jpg
While in the IT industry we got used to "hard" launches and consider all other variants nothing else but "a paper launch", other industries aren't exactly aligned with ICT [Information and Communication Technologies]. We are glad that finally an airline industry, notorious for making promises and launching services years before EIS [Entry Into Service] is getting a taste of the basic principles of the IT industry.
Last weekend, I was on a trip to the Midwest to the place of my childhood and I decided to take Orlando, FL based AirTran Airways, as I had never been able to do a direct flight from my current place of residence to that city [SAN to MKE].
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/Data/2009_7_15/AirTran-delivers-Wi-Fi-service-tested-at-362c000-feet/AirTran_B737700_350.jpg
More about this, including speedtest screenshots and more...
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/7/15/airtran-delivers-wi-fi-service-tested-at-362c000-feet.aspx
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/ThumbL.aspx?file=/Data/2009_7_15/AirTran-delivers-Wi-Fi-service-tested-at-362c000-feet\Aircell_AirTran_Cloud_Comp_.jpg
While in the IT industry we got used to "hard" launches and consider all other variants nothing else but "a paper launch", other industries aren't exactly aligned with ICT [Information and Communication Technologies]. We are glad that finally an airline industry, notorious for making promises and launching services years before EIS [Entry Into Service] is getting a taste of the basic principles of the IT industry.
Last weekend, I was on a trip to the Midwest to the place of my childhood and I decided to take Orlando, FL based AirTran Airways, as I had never been able to do a direct flight from my current place of residence to that city [SAN to MKE].
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/Data/2009_7_15/AirTran-delivers-Wi-Fi-service-tested-at-362c000-feet/AirTran_B737700_350.jpg
More about this, including speedtest screenshots and more...
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/7/15/airtran-delivers-wi-fi-service-tested-at-362c000-feet.aspx