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    will offer free basic Wi-Fi services until the service is installed on 30 airplanes

While nice to have, if the installation is anything like Gogo (less than 24 hours) it doesn't sound like it will be free for long.

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Another link-bait post title. Just like the Manchester getting rid of airport scanners (catch: to be replaced by another type of scanner) and Russia's secret diamond field (catch: of hard to mine industrial-quality-only diamonds, which wouldn't affect the market).

"Our source claims that following this initial trial period, the service will remain free for "basic email and browsing" purposes, though you'll obviously be paying if you hope to stream Netflix during those cross-country flights."

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/17/3347776/jetblue-inflight-w...

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