Southwest Joining In-flight Wi-Fi Crowd

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Southwest Airlines is joining the in-flight Wi-Fi crowd thanks to a deal it struck with Row 44. The airline plans to begin adding Wi-Fi service to its planes soon, and expects to finish equipping its entire fleet by early 2010.

Instead of using GoGo's 3G-based service like many other airlines, Southwest will offer satellite-based Internet access through Row 44.

Southwest seems to have a pretty good idea when it will complete its Wi-Fi rollout, but doesn't yet know how much in-flight service will cost travelers.

"We're still testing a variety of price points on the four aircraft that currently have wi-fi," said Southwest's David Ridley on the company's blog. "We'll have a decision on price in the second quarter of 2010."

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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