Travel and Technology
Come fly with me
February 18, 2006
Airline passengers can now use their laptops for live TV and to stay in touch using the net, writes Lia Timson.
Connectivity junkies take note. You can now email, surf the net, watch real-time television and even phone friends on Skype aboard those long-haul flights between Asia, Europe and the Americas.
Soon you will be able to use your own mobile phone, too, and it won't cost you the earth. But unfortunately you can't do this yet on flights out of Australia.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS, http://www.scandinavian.net) has launched live TV directly to passengers' laptops via a satellite internet connection first installed on its fleet last year.
Start your wireless-enabled laptop, let it detect the network, then use a log-in code provided by the crew and pay with your credit card or use a pre-established account or frequent flyer points. Once logged on to the SAS portal, go wherever you like including corporate intranets and TV channels at an average speed of 512kbps.
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