# Look Ma, no connection to the ground!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 6, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807 "2004-10-06T04:32:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807/1 "2004-10-06T04:32:45Z")

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As they’ve installed wireless internet onboard Lufthansa airplanes, I am posting this while drinking cheap red wine out of a plastic cup and cursing the kid behind me who’s kicking my chair.

Whee! Modern technology amazes! (Especially if the in-flight movie is “Two brothers” which you’ve seen already and which sucked the first time…)

**waves from over the Atlantic and continues to read MPSIMS**

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**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807/2 "2004-10-06T07:10:45Z")

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That’s amazing! So how much does it cost to surf the net in the air?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807/3 "2004-10-06T13:11:15Z")

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> [@gouda](#):
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> That’s amazing! So how much does it cost to surf the net in the air?

\< geeky \>Ask Norrin Radd.\< /geeky \> 😉😃

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807/4 "2004-10-06T18:37:58Z")

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Do they give you a choice of service providers? “Would you like the chicken or the roast beef? And for your internet service would you prefer AOL or Earthlink?”

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-ma-no-connection-to-the-ground/267807/5 "2004-10-06T18:47:09Z")

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Badass! This has been “coming soon” for awhile. Glad it’s finally here (though I doubt I’ve flown Lufthansa a total of three times in my entire life…)