http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html en-gb 30 Fri 08 Jan 2010 02:58:34 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=17#comment6 Rory:I hope that you had a entertaining and educational time in Vegas....~Dennis Junior~ Mon 12 Jan 2009 02:41:02 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=14#comment5 It's hardly a new concept, I used the Boeing system on a Singapore Airlines flight back in 2005. The system worked perfectly well but it was later scrapped as it didn't pay for itself. Sun 11 Jan 2009 18:35:59 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=11#comment4 It is interesting to hear of the latest attempt to provide internet on board an aircraft in flight, but I think your item does not do justice to the excellent Boeing system. It is true that Boeing have been unable to make their system pay, and that indeed is the real problem. Sometimes the supposed "killer app" just doesn't sell -think of the video mobile phone, but I have used the Boeing system several times thousands of miles from the UK and had an excellent video phone call to my home. Far from being experimental, the Boeing system was fitted to many aircraft of several major carriers, but it cost, I believe, about $1M per aircraft my own experience was with Korean Air, who tend to buy the latest Gizmos! It seems that while internet in flight can be both fun and useful, many people prefer to eat, sleep, watch movies and avoid the office when they're flying. Sun 11 Jan 2009 11:22:43 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=8#comment3 and with one fell swoop the Digital Divide grows even larger... Sun 11 Jan 2009 09:26:39 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=5#comment2 > But, I hear you asking, do we really want to see the internet reach every corner of our lives?No, but its always struck me that being stuck on a plane is the perfect time to use the net! You are confined to a seat and dont really have much else to do except films. Hope this venture will be successful! Sun 11 Jan 2009 02:45:42 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=2#comment1 Oh great. That will make Twitter even less interesting. Sat 10 Jan 2009 23:48:49 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2009/01/surfing_over_vegas.html?page=0#comment0 Roll on the airborne internet. For those that need to use it I'm sure it will be invaluable, for those that don't there's always 'flight mode' Sat 10 Jan 2009 12:26:47 GMT+1