Comments on: Profile – Connexion (Boeing) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/07/06/profile-connexion-boeing/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:40:47 -0800 hourly 1 By: MobileCrunch » WiFi Joins the Mile High Club http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/07/06/profile-connexion-boeing/comment-page-1/#comment-1312790 MobileCrunch » WiFi Joins the Mile High Club Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:45:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71#comment-1312790 [...] service, Connexion, only to have it go belly up last year. Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch had tried out the service in July 2005 during a flight to [...] [...] service, Connexion, only to have it go belly up last year. Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch had tried out the service in July 2005 during a flight to [...]

]]> By: symonty http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/07/06/profile-connexion-boeing/comment-page-1/#comment-84355 symonty Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:50:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71#comment-84355 Connexion just announced they are re-evaluating there business ( closing ), shame you just got it going on skype I mean. It just makes sense I suppose, The take up rates required for any avionics connectivity project compared to the cost and reliability of your neighborhood coffee shop create a cost / service dilemma that inevitably disenfranchises users. In simple consumer terms you get far better service for free, at a coffee shop with your $5 mocha , than you do in a plane for $30 an hour, after spending $2000 on you airfare. Connexion just announced they are re-evaluating there business ( closing ), shame you just got it going on skype I mean.

It just makes sense I suppose,
The take up rates required for any avionics connectivity project compared to the cost and reliability of your neighborhood coffee shop create a cost / service dilemma that inevitably disenfranchises users.
In simple consumer terms you get far better service for free, at a coffee shop with your $5 mocha , than you do in a plane for $30 an hour, after spending $2000 on you airfare.

]]> By: TechCrunch » Web 2.0 This Week (August 7-13) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/07/06/profile-connexion-boeing/comment-page-1/#comment-6169 TechCrunch » Web 2.0 This Week (August 7-13) Mon, 26 Dec 2005 04:19:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=71#comment-6169 [...] This has been a week of challenges and successes. Challenging because I am on a driving trip from Anacortes, WA to Los Angeles, and although you can now get internet access while flying, I have no tools for getting access in a car, or dealing with sun glare. Successful because we’ve met and profiled some great new companies (see no. 1 below), and have had a number of great links to our site. Thank you to everyone who visits our site or reads our feed. [...] [...] This has been a week of challenges and successes. Challenging because I am on a driving trip from Anacortes, WA to Los Angeles, and although you can now get internet access while flying, I have no tools for getting access in a car, or dealing with sun glare. Successful because we’ve met and profiled some great new companies (see no. 1 below), and have had a number of great links to our site. Thank you to everyone who visits our site or reads our feed. [...]

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