Here's a first-hand account of using Skype Voice over IP to make a phone call from 30,000 feet high over the
Atlantic. Edward Vielmetti writes about receiving a call made
through the Boeing Connexion airborne internet service on SAS Airlines. The caller,
Valdis Krebs, made the call using a Mac Powerbook with the built-in microphone and
speakers.
Bypassing the promise of in-flight cellular and
skipping the high cost, per-minute charges of Verizon Airfone service, this will spark more debate over whether people
should be
allowed to talk to those not sitting right next to them on the plane.
1. Oh great, I feel for the poor person who had to sit next to this guy. This is all flying really needs, the ability for all passengers to carry on voice calls during flights. Ugh.
Posted at 4:35AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Irwin Lazar