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August 26, 2008

“Bandwidth Hog” and Others: Use Airline Wifi Responsibly

Filed under: WiFi — Rick Seaney @ 1:12 pm

Saw an interesting piece on InformationWeek that tackled some of the questions and potential problems for onboard internet users. Here’s some of the “no-no’s”:

  • Bandwidth Hog: this is the piggy who wants to download endless, enormous files. Those using American Airline’s Gogo will see their service slow down: “If you’re doing a lot more than what you should for fair distribution on the aircraft, we’ll put you at the back of the line.”
  • Indiscreet Ogler: the article quotes Gogo’s creator as saying “airlines currently don’t have a problem with people reading porn magazines or watching downloaded porn movies on their PCs” but please, use your common sense, and don’t look at such things on if it’s in anyone’s face, or you’re sitting next to a 10 year old (let me add, I’ve never seen anyone perusing such materials on any of my flights - which is fine with me).
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