But if the link is filtered, I'm very suspicious. I don't like anybody snooping my connection, for both personal and business security reasons -- that's why I do everything over encrypted or tunneled connections (like SSH and VPN). If they block those, they're out of their minds...
Worse already is being forced to watch CNN while waiting to board.
“kids already talk on flights, so VoIP is fine”
You’re going to love it when the super-loud cell phone yakkers suddenly have another way to keep talking, but ‘have’ to talk louder since they cannot hear as well....
I’m in the middle of this. There’s good and bad points.
The good? I can watch my fave movies on my laptop and NOt rely on some crappy movie from the airlines, and surf the web.
The bad? 1) “snooping” people sitting beside you 2) batteries 3) more inconsiderate tech-jerks: cell phone users who WILL talk loud etc. 4) the filter issue: I dont want my connection being censored/filtered/watched on just in case “I look at porn sites”.
I used to welcome a conversation if the flight is long, but nowadays, I notice passengers keep mostly to themselves.
Lufthansa has had wireless Internet on their flights for a couple of years now - along with in-seat power ports. It makes long flights much more tolerable.