To tell you the truth it's not Boeing that messed this up for everyone that is dissapointed, it was the airlines. They have to first buy and install the systems on their jets and and offer it to a larger market before the price can come down. It's the airlines that denied the Boeing service that lack vision and ultimately condemed the system.
Think about it - if there is an average of 2 people using the service on a transcontinental flight they basically have a dedicated sattelite uplink and all of the air/ground support that goes with that factoring into their price.
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Robert @ Aug 17th 2006 6:37PM
To tell you the truth it's not Boeing that messed this up for everyone that is dissapointed, it was the airlines. They have to first buy and install the systems on their jets and and offer it to a larger market before the price can come down. It's the airlines that denied the Boeing service that lack vision and ultimately condemed the system.
Think about it - if there is an average of 2 people using the service on a transcontinental flight they basically have a dedicated sattelite uplink and all of the air/ground support that goes with that factoring into their price.