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Avionics Firms Plan Live Television, Web Access for Air Travelers.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2000 by Knap, Chris
Apr. 8--IRVINE, Calif.--Avionics companies are scrambling to wire airliners for live television and e-mail service, and experts say high-speed Internet access could be available as soon as next year.
Sextant In-Flight Systems, of Irvine, and Primex Aerospace, of Redmond, Wash., announced advances this week, just prior to the In-Flight Passenger Entertainment Conference in London.
But so far, no company has put together a system powerful enough to let jet passengers surf the Net as they do at home.
"There is a lot of emphasis going to creating wide enough bandwidth to make air-to-ground communication a reality for the passenger. Nobody knows who's going to be successful at this point," said Beth deYoung, director of business development for...
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