How Far Will U.S. Flyers Go for In-Flight Wi-Fi?
Photo Credit: Airline passengers on personal electronic devices. Honeywell
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Flyers may love in-flight Wi-Fi, but the likely don't love it as much as does a corporation trying to sell more in-flight connectivity hardware or services.
To persuade airlines that it is high-time to provide high-flying high-speed Wi-Fi, AT&T partner Honeywell continues its tradition of presenting statistics proving how desperate passengers are for this service and just what they're willing to do to get it.
Honeywell's previous statistics on passengers' feelings about high-speed Wi-Fi revealed that 13% of passengers in the U.S., 17% of passengers in the UK and 22% of passengers in Singapore were willing to give up going to the bathroom in exchange for connectivity. A larger chunk of passengers surveyed also said they would give up food and water to swiftly surf the net onboard. Those two preferences go together well, we must say.
In a new 2014 study, Honeywell presents U.S. airlines even more compelling (and odd) numbers to convince them to equip their aircraft for AT&T and Honeywell's upcoming (late 2015/early 2016) 4G LTE connection right away. Like now. It may already be too late.
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