POSTED AT 7:39 AM September 13, 2007

Virgin America announces in-flight, air-to-ground broadband

[ Boing Boing Gadgets ]: Virgin America shared more details today on its partnership with in-flight wireless broadband provider AirCell -- air-to-ground wireless internet will be available on all VA flights "sometime in 2008," and will be offered two ways: BYOD (bring your own device, laptops or pdas or whatever), and also through VA's inflight entertainment system called Red.

AirCell also has a deal in the works with American Airlines for air-to-ground wireless, but from what I can suss out in the press release, two things make the VA deal different...

Link to details and full post at Boing Boing Gadgets. Discuss.

Previously on Boing Boing:

Getting high with Richard Branson: Virgin America's virgin flight

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