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The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Tim Beyers	Will You Unplug? Investors bet big money on your need to stay connected.
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InternetNews September 14, 2007 Catherine Pickavet	A 'Virgin' Go Round For Sky-High Broadband A partnership between Virgin America and AirCell will allow passengers to remain connected 35,000 miles above ground.
InternetNews June 5, 2006 Roy Mark	In-Flight, Online JetBlue Airways and AirCell won air-to-ground spectrum licenses in an auction concluded Friday by the Federal Commissions Commission.
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CRM October 1, 2007 Marshall Lager	Something Special in the Air Carriers announce the latest attempt to provide broadband Internet access to airline passengers.
InsideFlyer April 2009	Southwest WiFi Southwest Airlines has begun testing free onboard WiFi in conjunction with Row 44, which uses aircraft to satellite technology.
InternetNews August 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Online in European Air European low fare airline Ryanair to offer cell phone, broadband service by late next year.
Popular Mechanics April 9, 2008 Barbara S. Peterson	Why U.S. Airlines Still Won't Join the Mobile Mile-High Club Airline passengers abroad could soon find themselves sitting in chatter class. In the past two weeks, regulatory authorities and individual airlines in Europe have taken steps to allow in-flight cellphone use -- not that you'll be able to phone home while flying over the United States anytime soon.
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IEEE Spectrum March 2006	Plane Talk About Cellphones With the first U.S. auction for radio spectrum for consumer broadband use while in the air on the horizon, the FCC's overall move in the direction of relaxing the ban on the use of personal electronics during flight has made some folks happy -- and many others worried.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2009 Tim Beyers	Can This Plan Save the Airlines? All big carriers save for Continental Airlines are investing in in-flight wireless access as a revenue enhancer.
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Entrepreneur December 2004 Chris McGinnis	Keep In Touch Flying on a plane used to be one of the few places where you could disconnect from the world. But with technology pushing its way onboard, staying in touch with terrestrial matters while flying at 35,000 feet will soon be routine.
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IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Strauss et al.	Unsafe At Any Airspeed? Is it safe to use cellphones on airplanes? The U.S. FCC thinks it may be. But here is proof that cellphones and other electronics are more of a risk to maintaining proper airline instrumentation than you think.
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Popular Mechanics August 2007 Barbara S. Peterson	End of Flight Delays? FAA's GPS Fix Could Bust Sky Gridlock The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quietly using Alaska as a testbed for technologies that could radically transform the nation's antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system from ground-based radar to space-based GPS.
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Fast Company February 1, 2007 Alison Overholt	Coffee, Tea ... or Broadband? There's new hope on the horizon for in-flight Internet access.
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