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Remember these 3 airlines when you need to fly overseas.]]>Jul 7th 2010 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
I typically use JAL or China Eastern Airlines.
I'm going to Tokyo next spring break, hopefully they have in flight WiFi so I can be the only asshole on the plane playing Eliminate Pro on my iPad with 200ms lag !]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
Agreed. I absolutely love flying CX, have great things about SQ and EK.

Korean and Asiana are pretty good also.]]>Jul 7th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
It shouldn't even be possible for it to take 20 hours to get from Shanghai to Beijing. Its suppossed to be like 1 hour.

China Eastern doesn't have the "toys" JAL does, but the chinese food is pretty good and they feed you plenty. I ate like 10 times on that flight LOL.]]>Jul 7th 2010 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/]]>Jul 7th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/ouch....United is easily the worst of them all, but if I am stuck on a domestic airline, I would pick Delta and perhaps American next. They have better connectivity and IFE options than the others.]]>Jul 8th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
Cathay Pacific for Asian Flights. Lufthansa for European flights.]]>Jul 8th 2010 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/that's better than anything here in the us, gotta pay for everything even for snacks and much more for a meal]]>Jul 8th 2010 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Why don't those companies come to US?]]>Jul 13th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Downloading a zelda rom onto my android via the wifi would be pretty sweet.]]>Jul 8th 2010 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
Cathay has 12 +15 orders for the 77W, so I'm guessing the ones that are getting delivered will come with the connectivity.

All of Cathay's long-haul fleet uses the Pansonic IFE, so I wonder if it will be relatively simple to upgrade to a newer version.]]>Jul 7th 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
Hopefully we'll see this on at least one American airline within the decade, for a reasonable price if not free. I must admit, hearing other people's phone calls on a plane might be a little annoying.]]>Jul 7th 2010 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
iPhone 4 FaceTime @ 37,000 feet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v1HNJtamMg]]>Jul 7th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/what does that have to w 50Mbps? the iphone 4 doesn't even support it maybe in a few years when Jobs thinks it's ready]]>Jul 8th 2010 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/WTF Chicago. I can't get anything faster than UP TO 6 Mbps DSL in downtown Chicago unless I sign my self away to Comcast and pay out the ass.]]>Jul 7th 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
Kids Play Tent]]>Jul 7th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 7th 2010 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
The problem with most of this is our corrupt government and the way we work in developing and supporting new technologies. It's so terrible how the United States works in some ways and it's heartbreaking how our country has really fallen over the past 10 years. Just at an economical standpoint, the gap between the classes of wealth is widening and our government's behaviors are intensifying that concept. I'm not trying to sound anti-American or a communist or anything since America has so many great things that most countries don't. Even the countries that do have great services and freedoms that the United States have don't have them to the extent we do or only have a few of the freedoms and services.

Sure you can get 50Mbps in SOME areas of the United States but it can be very expensive and it's only offered by greedy corporations that nickel and dime customers over the littlest things. I live in the New York City metro area so I could in theory get 101Mbps downspeed from Cablevision for $100 per month but many areas of the United States can't even get above 5Mpbs downspeed. Winston Churchill once made a statement about governments and the way countries operate and it's very true even decades later:

"Many forms of government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

Unfortunately there isn't much the average citizen can do so we just have to let things roll and hope for the best. Though the way we operate may not be a good way at all, it's better than every other way.]]>Jul 8th 2010 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
I think you'll find the UK invented and pioneered trains, and ours are in a worse state than yours. Double WIN.]]>Jul 8th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
The UK didn't create a trans-continental railroad like we did and though they invented the foundation of the modern day railroad, I don't see much of a need for very modern and high-speed railroads in such a small country today. The UK had so many colonies and probably implemented railroads into their colonies but with pretty much all of them independent now, there isn't much of a reason to have an uber high speed railroad in such a small country. Sure you can say Japan is small and South Korea is small but they are both bigger than the UK and far denser than the UK. Oh, and I think the EuroStar is way faster than anything we got in the US lol]]>Jul 8th 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/
It's them or Korean Air for me when I fly across the Pacific.]]>Jul 8th 2010 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/US airlines all have a "economic" approach so that it will cost ya a few $ now let's compare prices shall we??]]>Jul 8th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/cathay-pacific-bringing-50mbps-wifi-live-tv-and-in-flight-calli/Jul 8th 2010 3:44PM