March 12th, 2010
It may not be illegal to tuck your kids into bed via iChat while taking advantage of United’s
in-flight WiFi, but that didn’t stop a flight attendant from ending John Battelle’s (admittedly precious) use of the service during a flight two days ago. It seems that the airline has a policy that prohibits “two-way devices” from communicating with the ground — you know, in case some terrorists board the plane and try some shenanigans. Apparently a laptop with WiFi isn’t considered a “two-way device,” until you throw videoconferencing apps like Skype into the mix. Somehow, it seems, the company missed Apple iChat when blocking ports, thus enabling the whole affair. Let this be a lesson to those of you with children: save the chats for the hotel room or the airport lobby, eh?
United puts the kibosh on in-fligh video chat, one family seriously ‘bummed’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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