Comments on: Lufthansa Brings Back Wi-Fi, Phone Service http://jonathanheckman.com/2009/10/12/lufthansa-brings-back-wi-fi-phone-service/ Airlines, Airports, Aircraft Manufacturing. Fri, 27 May 2011 14:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan Heckman http://jonathanheckman.com/2009/10/12/lufthansa-brings-back-wi-fi-phone-service/#comment-773 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:37:03 +0000 http://aviation-buzz.com/?p=1651#comment-773 It’s an interesting issue – some passengers in the U.S. have complained about those talking while on-board. International carriers are ahead of U.S. carriers when it comes to on-board phone service.

There’s a really good blog post by the NY Times about this issue – http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/the-in-flight-menace-wireless-chatter/

As for Skype and Google Voice, the high-speed (and just about all in-flight WiFi) internet certainly will allow for that – most carriers appear to be evaluating passenger feedback, through surveys, on the issue.

Obviously airline cannot say “no talking” on your phone, but where’s the line?

]]> By: Adam http://jonathanheckman.com/2009/10/12/lufthansa-brings-back-wi-fi-phone-service/#comment-772 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:18:35 +0000 http://aviation-buzz.com/?p=1651#comment-772 Not sure how much they plan on charging for the phone, but with WiFi, what is to stop people from using Skype and Google Voice?

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