In-Flight Wi-Fi Aboard the Virgin Party Plane

On a flight from San Francisco to San Francisco that seemed loosely based on the Snoop Dogg film Soul Plane, Virgin America demoed its Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service this past weekend amid a cabin full of Web celebrities and PCWorld reporter Tim Moynihan.

The Gogo wireless service, which Virgin America says will be deployed on all 25 planes in its fleet by mid-2009, uses a system developed by Aircell. A receiver on the underbelly of the plane connects to a network of cellular towers across the United States to establish an EV-DO Revision A broadband link.

In the cabin, passengers connect to this cellular broadband network on any Wi-Fi-enabled device.

Watch the PC World video of the giddy passengers or a live stream from YouTube.

emily | 9:41 AM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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