{"id":1988,"date":"2008-11-24T01:39:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T00:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2008-11-24T01:39:26","modified_gmt":"2008-11-24T00:39:26","slug":"why-do-people-write-about-wifi-in-airplanes-as-if-it-was-something-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1988","title":{"rendered":"Why do people write about WiFi in airplanes as if it was something new?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reading <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5096868\/live-in-air-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-in-flight-wi+fi\">Gizmodo<\/a> I am surprised how people who write about WiFi on airplanes don\u00b4t say that we had WiFi on airplanes for years.  <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=50.9375,6.96972222222&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=50.9375,6.96972222222%20%28Lufthansa%29&amp;t=h\" title=\"Lufthansa\" rel=\"geolocation\" class=\"zem_slink\">Lufthansa<\/a> had it til recently and so did other airlines.  WiFi on airplanes failed in the past because few gadgets had WiFi and because it was too expensive to offer.  WiFi on airplanes will succeed this time. Or is it that writers in the States write about something as new because to them nothing is new until it\u00b4s used in America?<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=62a444aa-7971-4e15-956f-7b3f951ca8b1\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"mainphotoarea\"><\/div><div class=\"theme-buttons\"><div class=\"fb-like\" data-href=\"https:\/\/english.martinvarsavsky.net\/?p=1988\" data-send=\"false\" data-layout=\"box_count\" data-width=\"71\" data-show-faces=\"false\" data-font=\"arial\" data-locale=\"en_US\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Gizmodo I am surprised how people who write about WiFi on airplanes don\u00b4t say that we had WiFi on airplanes for years. Lufthansa had it til recently and so did other airlines. WiFi on airplanes failed in the past because few gadgets had WiFi and because it was too expensive to offer. 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