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Old 12th May 2006 | 08:33
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robin
 
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From: Not a million miles from EGTF
"Now what if you could tell everybody else where you are, by using a wireless Internet connection? And what if you could send more data through that connection, just like the Internet works in both directions?"

Well I guess this might mean a charge for the service? As we know the risk of a mid air in the open FIR is relatively small. As was once notably said,

"...little corridors called airways were invented which increased the risk so much that they had to employ air traffic controllers to keep the aeroplanes apart"

As someone who works in the field of technology, it astounds me the degree to which the powers-that-be want to pour millions into finding technological solutions for problems that don't warrant the expenditure - then want those who don't benefit to pay for it.
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