Historic Pprune posting from on board LH418
 

Good morning all Ppruners,

savour the moment - you are now looking at a posting direct from seat 12G on 747-400 D-ABTE operating Lufthansa 418 Frankfurt-Washington - the world's first ever internet-enabled commercial passenger flight. That's not just e-mail, I'm sitting here surfing the web on a laptop just as usual, except it's also a wireless LAN here in the cabin - very cool indeed.

Algy (why not drop me a private mail through Pprune right now and let's see if it really works)

Algy

I sent you a mail, hows the dindin? What are the movies on board?

Great stuff. Here comes the future!

I gather this is the connexxion by Boeing system? Apparently it's superiour to the Airbus system which only allows email/sms access?

How much is that costing?

Congrats Algy, indeed historic. Bet you the connection charges cost you a fortune or is LuftHansa doing a special deal?

Have a safe flight!

IFTB< from the BBC(15/1):

No actual cost values given!

It's free until mid-April. Eventual plan is 30-35 euros/dollars for unlimited access per flight.

Sweet Home Alabama is the movie, which I haven't got time to watch as I'm a hard working journalist (no, not often you see those words together - thought I'd save you all the trouble!)

Gotta go now, so much champagne, so little time.:)

Lost contact with DLH418 today. Should have emailed them the atc-clearance instead of trying to call them on the radio........

Perhaps the aircraft needed rebooting.

How can they allow wireless lan in the cabin and at the same time say that anything that emits a radio signal (ie. Cell phones) is a danger? What kind of wireless technology are they using? Is it really radio, or an infrared signal. If it is really radio, is it 802.11 B, Bluetooth, or something other? Reallll Curious.

Great isn't it, the punters have sat phone and now internet access and a lot of the drivers are still dealing with HF up the front.

PROVE IT................!

Whaddaya mean 'prove it'? Trust me, I'm a journalist!;)

(And I'm still up here...)

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Great !

So..... the inevitable question : does this wireless LAN also reach as fas as the flight deck ? :D

patnickal

The built in equipment is shielded against interacting with the aircraft systems, the carry on products are not.

Their are folks on this forum that can give you a more technical explanation but basically that's it.

So maybe now, at last, I'll be able to order a coffee from the flight deck without breaking FAA rules! Shame I've got to buy a laptop to do it.

Algy - why don't you let a crewmember post something? (Unless they're shy) :)

This is fabulous, though! 35 bucks (or euros) per flight isn't bad at all, either. I'll have to get a laptop, now.

Well I'm impressed !!!!!!!:p

Wonder if the LAN works back in economy...? ;) :D ;)