Mntsnow
12-16-2004, 7:32 AM
High-speed Internet and cell phone service in airplanes moved big steps closer to reality Wednesday, with regulators paving the way for both offerings in as soon as two years.
In-flight broadband is further along than cell phone service. The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to rearrange a chunk of spectrum to permit broadband in the skies by 2006. An auction for companies to bid for the airwaves will be held next year. Read more at UsaToday (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/data/2004-12-15-wifi-in-flight_x.htm)
In-flight broadband is further along than cell phone service. The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to rearrange a chunk of spectrum to permit broadband in the skies by 2006. An auction for companies to bid for the airwaves will be held next year. Read more at UsaToday (http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/data/2004-12-15-wifi-in-flight_x.htm)