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Seattle reporter files story from Lufthansa/Boeing data trial flight: A Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter tested out the new Frankfurt-Washington, D.C. Lufthansa flight that features wired and wireless access to a 128 Kbps up/3 Mbps down satellite link. The system supplied by Boeing division Connexion can be used only with a single Wi-Fi card at the moment, but general approval is being sought. Boeing's Seattle rival Tenzing, which had originally planned an SAS/Telia trial for in-flight Wi-Fi almost two years ago, scoffed at Connexion's cost structure; Tenzing has put lower-speed service into nearly 40 planes. Lufthansa plans to charge about $30 per flight for access to the service. Wired plugs and electrical outlets are available only in first and business class. More planes will probably not be added after this 3-month test until 2004. [via several readers and Wireless-World list]
Other News
My new AirPort blog!: As if you didn't get enough of me already, Adam Engst and I have launched a new Apple AirPort Weblog to cover Apple-specific wireless issues, focused on its AirPort networking system. We felt that there were enough detailed issues of no interest to non-Apple users that a dedicated blog would provoke more news, tips, and discussion.
First 802.11a products certified by Wi-Fi Alliance: InfoWorld documents the Wi-Fi Alliance's first seven 802.11a-certified Wi-Fi devices. Remember that in November, the Wi-Fi trademark was expanded to include 5 GHz devices. The article notes that it takes 6 to 12 months to develop a certification process for a new standard, which would put 802.11g certification at the end of 2003 at the very earliest, assuming a stable draft finalization before ratification over summer.