SkyFi

It wasn’t easy, but JetBlue is putting limited WiFi on some of their planes:

Actually, it takes a lot more than magic for the Airbus A320 named “BetaBlue” to bring limited WiFi connectivity to properly-equipped passengers throughout the single-class cabin: quite a bit of technical and administrative work went into getting this service off the ground, from snatching up and deploying a rare slice of 800MHz ground-to-air spectrum to effectively managing cell tower connections while traveling over 500mph to developing clients that would maximize the precious bandwidth being shared by so many mobile gadget lovers.

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Engadget’s entire review can be found here. If you don’t want to read the whole thing, let’s just say JetBlue had a rocky takeoff.

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