Airborne Wi Fi is Coming

So apparently Delta Airlines tests on Wi Fi in aircraft have been successful and they're now planning on rolling it out for all of their domestic aircraft. Interestingly enough, there are no plans for international flights as the system would have to depend on satellite traffic and the data transmission rates seem to be too low for viability at this time.

One interesting observation in the article I read (Wall Street Journal) was that in a survey among professional business travelers, they overwhelmingly favored having the ability to keep connected and do work (what a strange concept) over chilling, reading a book, or watching a movie. I'm not sure what this says about us as a culture or whatever, but I am guessing it's probably not something healthy. At least the prohibition on cell phones in aircraft still stands.