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Boeing Ends Connexion Service

Apparently, Boeing is shutting down their in-flight Internet Service due to lack of a market. Astute readers may remember a cool post about this subject from a few months ago when I was returning from RIPE in Turkey. It was fun to watch the updates to the global routing table cascade across the Internet as my plane crossed the Atlantic.

At the time, I was impressed with the service and the value. It was a great way to get a bunch of work (and a blog posting) done while stuck on an airplane. According to Boeing, I guess not enough people agreed. But I think there were ways that this service could have succeeded.

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