Thu, 26 Oct 2006

Cruising along at 35,000 feet? Then why not surf the Web?

Internet access on commercial airplanes should be ready to fly by late 2007, said Jack Blumenstein, president and CEO of AirCell Inc., a Louisville-based company that's provided wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) on private jets for the past eight years.

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HomePlug Will Compete with Wi-Fi for Distribution of Triple-Play Services in the Home

''Triple-play'' service providers today are faced with choices when it comes to distributing content around the customer's premises. A new research brief from ABI Research concludes that while Wi-Fi will play a large role in domestic triple-play distribution scenarios, it is not the whole story: Multimedia over Coax (MoCA), Home Phone Networking Alliance (HPNA 3.0), and HomePlug will collectively see 45 million total connections on STB and residential gateways shipped in 2011.

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