Branson Hints at VoIP on Planes
Written by martyndavies on Aug 14, 2007 - 03:58 PM
Engadget interviewed Richard Branson on first Virgin America flight (Virgin's new US domestic airline). Among other things they touched on the use of cellphones and the Internet on internal flights:
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Paul Miller, Engadget: We know internet is in the works for Virgin America, coming in 2008, what about the "dreaded" possibility of in-flight cellphone usage that is so debated currently? Richard Branson: Well, the internet, I'm delighted to say, we're going to introduce next year, and I think that once we have the internet, I don't think phones will be that needed. I think people will be able to communicate with people on the ground through the internet. We've gotten phone in Virgin Atlantic and we find they don't get used that much, but there is enormous demand for internet, and that's why we're rushing ahead for that. PM: So you think technologies like VoIP that would be enabled by the internet... it seems like somehow people are going to figure out a way to annoy their neighbor next to them by talk loudly on a plane, how do you feel about that? RB: If somebody really wants to talk to somebody, we might well have a couple of rows at the back where people can go and make a call there. We wouldn't really want to have people talking next to each other, but a place on the plane where people can make a call if they really wanted to, if we had VoIP, then that might be possible. |
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Reply from martyndavies on Sep 24, 2007 - 04:18 PM
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