John, That is very nice to hear about. There is nothing like equal access but just in a different mode.
What I do about 2 hours before my flight and just landing getting ready to catch a connecting flight is use the Google service on my mobile to get gate information as well as if the flight is on-time or delayed. For the phone number use GOOGLE, which is 466453 and will text something like flgith 2354 southwest and in a matter of a few seconds I will have my flight information inan accessible and easy to use format. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of john Harden Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 5:04 PM To: JD Townsend; Cheree Heppe; [email protected] Subject: re: [Braillenote] Wifi in flight, in on ground floor? >On the last flight I was on I took my Braille Note and while in the Atlanta >air port I tried their WIFI service. The first thing I found was that I had access to all gate information. This was the kind of thing that sighted people have full access to on the monitors. During the bording process people who are flying standby are told to watch the monitor in their gate area for their name. I could go to the link for my gate and on my braille display watch that monitor and see the names as they came up. I was so inthrolled whith this new information that I never even tried to download my email so don't know if it would have worked or not. John >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Cheree Heppe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: <[email protected] >>Date sent: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:50:09 -0800 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Wifi in flight, in on ground floor? > >>Cheree Heppe here: > >>The below article seems to imply a good step forward for laptop >and note taker users. What steps, if any, is Humanware and other note taker >manufacturers taking to allow Braille aware note taker access? > >>Regards, >>Cheree Heppe > > >> Southwest and American Test In-Flight Wi-Fi > >> By MATT HAMBLEN, [3]Computerworld, IDG > >> Mile-high Wi-Fi is taking off. > >> [4]Southwest Airlines and American Airlines separately >announced this >> week that their planes will be tested for in-flight passenger >Wi-Fi >> data access using different access technologies. > >> Southwest announced Wednesday that it will test >satellite-delivered >> broadband Internet access on four aircraft this summer, the >airline >> said in a statement. > >> Southwest passengers with Wi-Fi-enabled devices would have >Internet >> access for e-mail and Web browsing after the tests and >subject to >> approval by the Federal Aviation Administration. > >> The technology to be used aboard Southwest planes is from Row >44 Inc. >> in Westlake Village, Calif. In addition to data, it will >support cell >> phone and voice-over-IP calls. > >> But "Southwest has not embraced voice calling" because of >passengers' >> concerns about cell phone calls made during flights, >spokeswoman >> [5]Brandy King said in an interview. "Voice is not a >direction we're >> taking." > >> On Tuesday American Airlines said it had finished the first >aircraft >> installation of an Internet broadband connection aboard a >[6]Boeing >> 767-200 aircraft and will install and test the technology on >all 15 >> such aircraft throughout the year. The 767-200s are used >primarily for >> transcontinental flights. > >> Both airlines need certifications from the FAA before >launching an >> actual service. American is using technology from Aircell >LLC in >> Itasca, Ill. > >> Passengers on American aircraft will get full data service, >but will >> not receive cell or VoIP service. > >> Aircell provides an air-to-ground system that uses three >lightweight >> antennas installed on the outside of the aircraft, one GPS >antenna >> mounted on top of the plane and the other two on the bottom. >Wireless >> access points are distributed throughout the aircraft >interior's >> ceiling. Each American aircraft will be connected to a >network of 92 >> cell towers in the continental U.S. using a 3Mhz signal, the >airline >> said. > >> The satellite-delivered system for Southwest's planes from >Row 44 >> involves installation of an antenna atop each plane's >fuselage that >> communicates with satellite networks, according to the >company's Web >> site. > >> Aircell announced plans in September to equip Virgin America >planes >> with Wi-Fi access this year. 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