In-flight e-mail

[BJCooperIT]

http://www.msnbc.com/news/927532.asp?0dm=C16PT

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[sleipnir214]

Am I reading that right?

$15.98/message? Plus 10¢/KB for messages over 2 KB?

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[BJCooperIT]

Incredible isn't it? Especially when they claim:
“useful, affordable and in line with what travelers are asking for.”

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[sleipnir214]

I surely wish my income were in the category where $16/email was "affordable".

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[CajunCenturion]

No exactly what I'd call "The Friendly Skies"

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[sleipnir214]

I suppose if I were a business-class passenger and if an email from me could clinch a deal of sufficient net profit, then I could probably economically justify the expense of the email.

But I think the target audience for this service is definately not the "Weather is here -- wish you were beautiful" kind of message sender.

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[strongm]

You have to remember that most business class passengers are travelling on the company dollar - so who cares how much email costs, they won't be paying the bill.

 

[manarth]

DOn't worry Sleipnir214 - it's a snip at a mere $15.98 per flight for email access...

"United has offered JetConnect service on a trial basis on some 767 domestic aircraft since December — charging $5.99 per flight for instant messaging, one-way text messaging and select news, weather and other information. It is now expanding to JetConnect with e-mail, which increases the cost to $15.98 but enables passengers to send and receive e-mail, including attachments."

At 10c per kb of data over 2kb, let's hope they're not using SmartDownload!

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[sleipnir214]

Oh. If it's $15.98/flight, that's much more reasonable. I'd be sending &quot;Weather is here -- wish you were beautiful&quot; messages to everyone I know.


<perverse question>
Would this complicate jurisdictional questions if someone where to spam all the way from New York to Los Angeles?
</perverse question>

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[manarth]

in response to sleipnir214's <perverse question>[/b]

the typical junk mail sent to me is 5k - 10k...
which is between 30c - $1 per message
ah, if only they paid me the cash instead!
what a way to cut down on spam...

Sleipnir - I agree $15.98 per flight is much more reasonable
I'm sure consumers will flock to it...

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[sleipnir214]

<back to perverse question>
I can just hear a defense lawyer claiming that some fraudulent email scam could not be under the jurisidiction of the state of Illinois, since the email was sent while the plane was over the state of Iowa.
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[manarth]

ponder - could be some interesting legal ramifications!

I imagine rather than incur the cost of flying and transmitting these emails in the air, to avoid prosecution the wannabe spammer is more likely to setup a mail server in Russia.

hmm....what if the plane were over international waters? which country's law would then apply?


I think the move towards airborne access was somewhat inevitable - we have an increasing number of wireless hotspots, some train companies (in the UK) seem to be providing internet access now...anywhere where you're sitting down for 20 minutes or more seems to be a target...

Now what if the ISP were up in the sky? Blimp broadband:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/5/30889.html

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[Tarwn]

I can't remember which it is, but I think in matters of international jurisdiction it ends up falling to either the deprture or arrival company, rather than whoever's airspace you maybe in at the time...would be some intersting flights otherwise. I mean if it is legal to smoke in planes in one country, do all the smokers try to light up and then try to get the snmoke out of the air before they cross another country line?



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