Comments on: Boeing’s Connexion system

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The return of in-flight wireless? | Doug’s World — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:03:27 +0000

[…] trend, and soon we’d have wireless internet access on all flights. But then, to my horror, Boeing pulled the plug on its Connexion system a year later, and there has been no in-flight internet connectivity ever […]

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:18:31 +0000

Good idea, Bruce. Let me see what kind of trouble I can cause.

By: Mr. Bruce

Mr. Bruce — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:59:06 +0000

You’re an evangelist with a major software company in the Seattle area, one which flies its employees around the globe. You still know people at Boeing. Ever consider finding a name and giving them a call/email?

…just a thought… bp

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:23:43 +0000

Yeah. I’ve already been trying to figure out when I/we can get out there, because it seems like it was a year ago. And I didn’t go to another continent in between!

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:53:51 +0000

I came back to a time warp, Tom. My home office door closed, and I opened it and it smelled of paint thinner. There was an ashtray on my desk, a CD of photos (thanks!), and a shiny new orange vice bolted to my countertop. That all seems a long time ago already.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:55:18 +0000

Eight in a row is pretty wild. But I suspect they were just regular joes who didn’t want to be evangelized to, so they told the Evangelist next to them that they already worked there.

Welcome back!

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:50:17 +0000

It was, Vinod. I had a great time, although it was a tiring trip and I’m glad to be home now.

Regarding the in-flight internet service, check this out. I took those photos to post from the flight, but then I realized I had put my camera-PC connection in the checked baggage so I couldn’t post any pictures directly from the flight.

Here are a couple of other funny things about my flight yesterday:

I responded to a colleague’s email, and he told me he had just seen a photo taken out a window by another Microsoft person on the same plane. Think about that … I’m flying across the Atlantic Ocean, I email a friend in Redmond and say “I’m on the flight,” and he responds “yes, I’ve seen a photo just taken from that flight.”

The person sitting next to me on that flight was a Microsoft employee, a PM in Windows OEM sales. So that’s eight times in a row now that on international flights the person sitting next to me has been from Microsoft as well.

By: vinod

vinod — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 04:36:18 +0000

Hi doug, I didnt know about this technology, Its nice to have a internet connection over the earth also..

Hope ur trip was wonderful..