American Airlines Goes Wireless

An airplane is the last haven where you can read a book and not feel guilty about shunning all of your email or being incommunicado. Well, add American to the mix of airlines looking to change that. The company has teamed up with AirCell, and plans are underway to start testing in-flight WiFi on planes in the U.S.

Using AirCell's air-to-ground network, aircrafts will send and receive data from the ground. The tests will commence in 2008 on Boeing 767 transcontinental flights, and of course, there will be a charge for connectivity, though American has yet to reveal exact figures.

Earlier in the week, Lufthansa announced a partnership with a group headed by T-Mobile to add broadband to its long-haul flights come 2008 (after having to scrap its Boeing-provided Connexion services last year).

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