United says email only at a price: United opted out of its Connexion relationship in favor of Tenzing (via Verizon Airfone), another Seattle-area firm, but their email plan will be available on every domestic flight, run $15.98 per flight, and include a whopping 2 kilobytes. Each additional K is 10 cents. The Verizon folks don't seem to have any understanding of what they're offering. "The availability of e-mail is critical to business flyers," added Bill Fallone, president of Verizon Airfone. 10 cents per K isn't email; it's subject lines. Someone could easily run up a bill of hundreds of dollars on a flight.
Reminds me of the Airfone. I've rarely seen those used in airplanes because they were charging an exorbitant amount of money.
Makes you wonder what planet these folks are on. What kind of business development and marketing folks work there? They can't be very competent if they think this will be a real money maker.