For all the annoyance of being crammed into an aluminum tube at 35,000 feet with a bunch of strangers, air travel has offered one benefit: the ability to tell bosses and colleagues, \u201cI\u2019ll be on a flight, so you won\u2019t be able to reach me.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
So much for that excuse.<\/p>\n
Wireless Internet service is starting to spread among airlines in the United States \u201d\u201d Delta and American have installed it on more than a dozen planes each, and several other carriers are planning to test it.<\/p>\n
For the airlines, always desperate for new sources of revenue, offering the service \u201d\u201d about $10 for three hours and more for longer flights \u201d\u201d was an easy call. And many passengers will cheer the development as an end to Web withdrawal.<\/p>\n
But this new frill is hardly as benign as a bag of pretzels….<\/p>\n
Please note that the title above is the one given in the print edition (the web title is different). I caught this today on the front page of the New York Times while waiting at the dentist’s office. I have to admit that even the possibility of this being used by terrorists never even entered my mind–ugh. Read it all–KSH.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For all the annoyance of being crammed into an aluminum tube at 35,000 feet with a bunch of strangers, air travel has offered one benefit: the ability to tell bosses and colleagues, \u201cI\u2019ll be on a flight, so you won\u2019t…<\/span><\/p>\n