>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. [7]JetBlue Airways, [8]Deutsche >Lufthansa >> AG and Qantas Airways Ltd. have also announced in-flight >Wi-Fi in >> various forms. > >> Copyright 2008 IDG News Service. All Rights Reserved. >>___ >>Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >>If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >>copy to the list as well. > >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.16/1251 >- Release Date: 1/30/2008 9:29 AM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
