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]]> Regional > North America > United States > Society and Culture > Politics > News and Media {NEWS > BREAKING NEWS} - Mile-High Internet Access Remains a Flight of Fancy http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/mile-high-internet-access-remains-a-flight-of-fancy-20080842313.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/news/breaking-news/mile-high-internet-access-remains-a-flight-of-fancy-20080842313.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:45:00 GMT News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Did the RIAA Just Kill Muxtape? The Economy? The Worst Is Yet to Come How (Not) to Unload a $139 Million Mansion in a Down Market Subscribe to Portfolio magazine The long and winding road to in-flight internet service led to a dead end at London's Heathrow Airport back in February 2003. About a month after Lufthansa first tested Boeing's satellite-based internet technology, Boeing herded a gaggle of media types onto a similarly equipped British Airways transatlantic flight. Stan Deal, charged with selling Boeing's Connexion internet service to airlines and travelers, was ecstatic. The test went swimmingly, and everyone on board had surfed the Web without a glitch. When we landed, however, there was a shortage of Boeing-supplied limos. Deal made a beeline for the taxis, but I suggested the Heathrow Express train, which would get us into London in just 20 minutes. Deal would have none of it. As we crawled through the morning traffic for two hours, I hammered Deal over pricing. Boeing's plan to charge passengers $30 a flight for internet access was insane, especially in the introductory phase. "We pay eight grand to fly business class from New York, and B.A. will pour me as much $50-a-bottle Champagne as I can drink. But if I want to use the internet, I gotta pay $30?" I said, with what I thought was undeniable logic. "You can't nickel-and-dime high-yield customers like that." Deal would have none of that, either. Boeing launched Connexion in the summer of 2004 at $30 a pop. Lufthansa and a dozen other international carriers?although not B.A. or any U.S. airline?installed it. But passengers refused to pay. Connexion died, largely unmourned, on December 31, 2006. Airlines that shelled out about $500,000 a plane were left in the lurch, and Boeing lost an estimated $300 million. The only bright spot: When Boeing gave away internet access in Connexion's final months, passenger usage skyrocketed. Almost two years later, we're still essentially nowhere with in-flight access, which is shaping up as the final, possibly unconquerable, internet frontier. Lufthansa, Connexion's biggest booster, continues to search for a replacement system for its overseas flights. But as Connexion proved, satellite internet is costly to install and expensive to operate, and access speeds are pokey. A European system called OnAir, sponsored by Boeing's largest competitor, Airbus, also seems stalled. And Aircell, a much-publicized service that promises to offer domestic in-flight internet using a cheap, fast air-to-ground system, is months behind schedule. You've surely heard of Aircell. With great fanfare and compliant mainstream media coverage, it has announced deals to wire aircraft operated by American, Delta, and Virgin America airlines. It has a brand name for its internet service, Gogo Inflight. It has a pricing structure: $9.95 to $12.95 a flight. Aircell has everything but service. Earlier this year, American Airlines wired 15 of its Boeing 767s, but the internet access has yet to be turned on for commercial use. It's barely been tested. According to American, Gogo was used in June on two "dress rehearsal" flights and tested on two additional flights last week. Yet the airline won't publicly commit to a date when it will finally begin what it describes as a "three- to six-month trial to customers." "This thing should have been working months ago," one frustrated American executive told me last week. "Obviously, there's something wrong." Why the delay? Aircell isn't talking and refused repeated requests for an interview. Instead, its public-relations agency referred me back to its press releases, most of which said Aircell would be operating by now. Aircell's deals with Delta and Virgin America are also less than meets the eye. Earlier this month, Aircell and Delta claimed the airline's entire fleet of 330 domestic aircraft would be wired by next summer. Delta even told some reporters that it would have 75 planes equipped by the end of the year. But that rollout schedule seems overly aggressive. The Federal Aviation Administration, which must issue a certificate for each type of aircraft that Aircell wants to wire, says the company's application for the MD-80 series planes that Delta uses has just been submitted. The spokesperson I talked to said Aircell's application wouldn't even be addressed "until the fall." Aircell and Virgin America announced their deal almost a year ago, just weeks after Virgin America launched service in August 2007. But the F.A.A. says Aircell hasn't applied for a certificate to install its equipment on Virgin America's Airbus aircraft. In fairness, Aircell isn't the only in-flight internet service that, well, isn't. A company called Row 44 has deals with Southwest and Alaska airlines. Like Connexion before it, Row 44 says it will use a satellite system. But when Alaska announced its plans last September, it promised tests by the spring. In January, when Southwest announced its plans, testing was supposed to begin on four aircraft this summer. Neither has materialized. Late last year, JetBlue wired a single plane with a proprietary system that can accommodate limited in-flight emailing and instant messaging. But the program is still being tested, JetBlue told me last week, and no decision has been made about its future. What's keeping in-flight internet from becoming a reality? I wish I knew; nobody I've spoken to knows or is willing to say. I'm beginning to blame myself. If I'd just been more persuasive in that taxi five years ago, Connexion might still be around, and you could have been reading this from the sky. The Fine Print? The Transportation Security Administration says travelers toting laptops with "checkpoint friendly" bags won't be required to remove their computers at the security checkpoints. But the bags, which are just coming to market, are fraught with compromises: They must have a laptop-only section; nothing except the laptop can be placed in the special compartment; the bag must be opened to expose the laptop; and the T.S.A. reserves the right to demand the laptops be taken out of the case. Wired.Com Mile-High Internet Access Remains a Flight of Fancy ^{{new window}} Www.Wired.Com - News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio Did the RIAA Just Kill Muxtape? The Economy? The Worst Is Yet to Come How (Not) to Unload a $139 Million Mansion in a Down Market Subscribe to Portfolio magazine The long and winding road to in-flight internet service led to a dead end at London's Heathrow Airport back in February 2003. About a month after Lufthansa first tested Boeing's satellite-based internet technology, Boeing herded a gaggle of media types onto a similarly equipped British Airways transatlantic flight. Stan Deal, charged with selling Boeing's Connexion internet service to airlines and travelers, was ecstatic. The test went swimmingly, and everyone on board had surfed the Web without a glitch. When we landed, however, there was a shortage of Boeing-supplied limos. Deal made a beeline for the taxis, but I suggested the Heathrow Express train, which would get us into London in just 20 minutes. Deal would have none of it. As we crawled through the morning traffic for two hours, I hammered Deal over pricing. Boeing's plan to charge passengers $30 a flight for internet access was insane, especially in the introductory phase. "We pay eight grand to fly business class from New York, and B.A. will pour me as much $50-a-bottle Champagne as I can drink. But if I want to use the internet, I gotta pay $30?" I said, with what I thought was undeniable logic. "You can't nickel-and-dime high-yield customers like that." Deal would have none of that, either. Boeing launched Connexion in the summer of 2004 at $30 a pop. Lufthansa and a dozen other international carriers?although not B.A. or any U.S. airline?installed it. But passengers refused to pay. Connexion died, largely unmourned, on December 31, 2006. Airlines that shelled out about $500,000 a plane were left in the lurch, and Boeing lost an estimated $300 million. The only bright spot: When Boeing gave away internet access in Connexion's final months, passenger usage skyrocketed. Almost two years later, we're still essentially nowhere with in-flight access, which is shaping up as the final, possibly unconquerable, internet frontier. Lufthansa, Connexion's biggest booster, continues to search for a replacement system for its overseas flights. But as Connexion proved, satellite internet is costly to install and expensive to operate, and access speeds are pokey. A European system called OnAir, sponsored by Boeing's largest competitor, Airbus, also seems stalled. And Aircell, a much-publicized service that promises to offer domestic in-flight internet using a cheap, fast air-to-ground system, is months behind schedule. You've surely heard of Aircell. With great fanfare and compliant mainstream media coverage, it has announced deals to wire aircraft operated by American, Delta, and Virgin America airlines. It has a brand name for its internet service, Gogo Inflight. It has a pricing structure: $9.95 to $12.95 a flight. Aircell has everything but service. Earlier this year, American Airlines wired 15 of its Boeing 767s, but the internet access has yet to be turned on for commercial use. It's barely been tested. According to American, Gogo was used in June on two "dress rehearsal" flights and tested on two additional flights last week. Yet the airline won't publicly commit to a date when it will finally begin what it describes as a "three- to six-month trial to customers." "This thing should have been working months ago," one frustrated American executive told me last week. "Obviously, there's something wrong." Why the delay? Aircell isn't talking and refused repeated requests for an interview. Instead, its public-relations agency referred me back to its press releases, most of which said Aircell would be operating by now. Aircell's deals with Delta and Virgin America are also less than meets the eye. Earlier this month, Aircell and Delta claimed the airline's entire fleet of 330 domestic aircraft would be wired by next summer. Delta even told some reporters that it would have 75 planes equipped by the end of the year. But that rollout schedule seems overly aggressive. The Federal Aviation Administration, which must issue a certificate for each type of aircraft that Aircell wants to wire, says the company's application for the MD-80 series planes that Delta uses has just been submitted. The spokesperson I talked to said Aircell's application wouldn't even be addressed "until the fall." Aircell and Virgin America announced their deal almost a year ago, just weeks after Virgin America launched service in August 2007. But the F.A.A. says Aircell hasn't applied for a certificate to install its equipment on Virgin America's Airbus aircraft. In fairness, Aircell isn't the only in-flight internet service that, well, isn't. A company called Row 44 has deals with Southwest and Alaska airlines. Like Connexion before it, Row 44 says it will use a satellite system. But when Alaska announced its plans last September, it promised tests by the spring. In January, when Southwest announced its plans, testing was supposed to begin on four aircraft this summer. Neither has materialized. Late last year, JetBlue wired a single plane with a proprietary system that can accommodate limited in-flight emailing and instant messaging. But the program is still being tested, JetBlue told me last week, and no decision has been made about its future. What's keeping in-flight internet from becoming a reality? I wish I knew; nobody I've spoken to knows or is willing to say. I'm beginning to blame myself. If I'd just been more persuasive in that taxi five years ago, Connexion might still be around, and you could have been reading this from the sky. The Fine Print? The Transportation Security Administration says travelers toting laptops with "checkpoint friendly" bags won't be required to remove their computers at the security checkpoints. But the bags, which are just coming to market, are fraught with compromises: They must have a laptop-only section; nothing except the laptop can be placed in the special compartment; the bag must be opened to expose the laptop; and the T.S.A. reserves the right to demand the laptops be taken out of the case.

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Category: News > Breaking News

]]> News > Breaking News {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Internet paedophile 'librarian' jailed http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/internet-paedophile-librarian-jailed-20080899916.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/internet-paedophile-librarian-jailed-20080899916.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:20:47 GMT A paedophile who acted as a "librarian" for a global internet child abuse ring was handed an indefinite jail term today after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online child abuse Guardian.Co.Uk Internet paedophile 'librarian' jailed ^{{new window}} Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - A paedophile who acted as a "librarian" for a global internet child abuse ring was handed an indefinite jail term today after one of the biggest undercover police investigations into online child abuse

Internet paedophile 'librarian' given indefinite jail term | UK news | guardian.co.uk {...} A paedophile who acted as a {...}

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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - Paedophile jailed for running internet porn ring http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/paedophile-jailed-for-running-internet-porn-ring-20080831518.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/paedophile-jailed-for-running-internet-porn-ring-20080831518.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:17:20 GMT The "librarian" for a worldwide internet child abuse ring has been jailed for more than three and a half years. Telegraph.Co.Uk Paedophile jailed for running internet porn ring ^{{new window}} Www.Telegraph.Co.Uk - The "librarian" for a worldwide internet child abuse ring has been jailed for more than three and a half years.

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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media > Newspapers {SCIENCE} - War's Newest Front: The Internet http://articles.world-of-newave.info/science/war-s-newest-front-the-internet-20080849715.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/science/war-s-newest-front-the-internet-20080849715.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:20:14 GMT Internet attacks on Georgia expose a key flaw for more than 100 nations. Abcnews.Go.Com War's Newest Front: The Internet ^{{new window}} Abcnews.Go.Com - Internet attacks on Georgia expose a key flaw for more than 100 nations.

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]]> Science {COMPUTERS > NEWS AND MEDIA} - The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.08 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/news-and-media/the-weekly-round-up-15-08-08-20080818619.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/news-and-media/the-weekly-round-up-15-08-08-20080818619.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:36:01 GMT 'Shark eats internet'... Comment.Silicon.Com The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.08 ^{{new window}} Comment.Silicon.Com - 'Shark eats internet'...

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Category: Computers > News and Media

]]> Computers > News and Media {SECURITY > ADVISORIES AND PATCHES} - Bugtraq: Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/security/advisories-and-patches/bugtraq-security-assessment-of-the-internet-protocol-20080837415.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/security/advisories-and-patches/bugtraq-security-assessment-of-the-internet-protocol-20080837415.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:19:59 GMT Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol Securityfocus.Com Bugtraq: Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol ^{{new window}} Www.Securityfocus.Com - Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol

SecurityFocus {...} SecurityFocus is designed to facilitate discussion on computer security related topics, create computer security awareness, and to provide the Internet's largest and most comprehensive database of computer security knowledge and resources to the public. It also hosts the BUGTRAQ mailing list. {...}

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]]> Computers > Security > Advisories and Patches {COMPUTERS > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/news-and-media/microsoft-s-patch-tuesday-targets-six-critical-20080830511.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/computers/news-and-media/microsoft-s-patch-tuesday-targets-six-critical-20080830511.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:54:02 GMT Internet Explorer vulnerabilities fixed Software.Silicon.Com Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws ^{{new window}} Software.Silicon.Com - Internet Explorer vulnerabilities fixed

Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws - Software - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com {...} Internet Explorer vulnerabilities fixed. Microsoft has released six critical patches for August's 'Patch Tuesday', including a fix for six {...}

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]]> Computers > News and Media {EUROPE > COMPUTERS AND INTERNET} - Hull falls off the internet http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/business-and-economy/computers-and-internet/hull-falls-off-the-internet-2008087637.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/business-and-economy/computers-and-internet/hull-falls-off-the-internet-2008087637.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:15:07 GMT Again KCom, previously known as Kingston Communications, lost all internet access on Saturday afternoon at 3pm and was not able to restore it until 10pm that evening.? Theregister.Co.Uk Hull falls off the internet ^{{new window}} Www.Theregister.Co.Uk - Again KCom, previously known as Kingston Communications, lost all internet access on Saturday afternoon at 3pm and was not able to restore it until 10pm that evening.?

Hull falls off the internet | The Register {...}

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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Business and Economy > Computers and Internet {LIBRARIES > WEBLOGS} - Internet Haves and Have Nots http://articles.world-of-newave.info/reference/libraries/library-and-information-science/weblogs/internet-haves-and-have-nots-2008085773.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/reference/libraries/library-and-information-science/weblogs/internet-haves-and-have-nots-2008085773.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:16:37 GMT Aaron Smith at the Pew Internet & American Life Project points to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) compilation of state-by-state home internet usage figures based on the Census Bureau's October 2007 Current Population Survey.The report, which consists of 12 pages of tabular data, reveals a number of interesting facts about internet usage in America. Internet usage differs by race (less than 20% of White Non Hispanic households do not use the internet, while more than 40% of Black Non Hispanics, American Indians/Native Americans and Hispanics do not). Income differences are also stark: while about 29% of all households are internet non-users, more than 50% of households with incomes less than $25,000 do not use the internet.Importantly, the data also reveals where people access the internet. Lower income people are much more likely to access the internet outside the home (at work? in libraries?).These statistics, and the myriad of others in the report, underscore the importance libraries play in providing access to information (including the internet), in instructing users on how to access that information, and in providing alternative means of access to those who are "internet have nots." Information-literacy.Net Internet Haves and Have Nots ^{{new window}} Www.Information-literacy.Net - Aaron Smith at the Pew Internet & American Life Project points to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) compilation of state-by-state home internet usage figures based on the Census Bureau's October 2007 Current Population Survey.The report, which consists of 12 pages of tabular data, reveals a number of interesting facts about internet usage in America. Internet usage differs by race (less than 20% of White Non Hispanic households do not use the internet, while more than 40% of Black Non Hispanics, American Indians/Native Americans and Hispanics do not). Income differences are also stark: while about 29% of all households are internet non-users, more than 50% of households with incomes less than $25,000 do not use the internet.Importantly, the data also reveals where people access the internet. Lower income people are much more likely to access the internet outside the home (at work? in libraries?).These statistics, and the myriad of others in the report, underscore the importance libraries play in providing access to information (including the internet), in instructing users on how to access that information, and in providing alternative means of access to those who are "internet have nots."

The Information Literacy Land of Confusion: Internet Haves and Have Nots {...}

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Category: Reference > Libraries > Library and Information Science > Weblogs

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