On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 09:08:56 -0500, Netfortius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Just wondering this, myself. I travel fairly frequently between US and
> Europe,
> and Lufthansa was recently my choice, exclusively because of this service.
> Perhaps with the interdiction of computing devices on board (have not
> travelled since the UK incident, so I am not sure if the new rules of flying
> naked affect all flights?!?) there won't - obviously - be much of a need for
> an Internet connection ...
>
The main issue, from what I read, is that too few airlines followed suit.
In particular, most American airlines were far too strapped financially to
invest in the necessary equipment.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb