Business travelers know that getting decent WiFi on long flights can be a roll of the broadband dice. The FCC may have an answer with a plan to boost bandwidth for inflight wireless that could mean faster, cheaper service. However, questions about a chip company’s involvement in the original proposal is fueling objections from some key players, and that could stall the plan worse than a large file being uploaded over slow WiFi.
As more airlines begin to offer WiFi, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is proposing to increase the bandwidth available for inflight wireless broadband.
The FCC is essentially basing its proposal on Qualcomm’s submission to the government from July 2011.
This raises the question of whether the FCC is perhaps too closely tied to one company in this area, and whether it should wait for proposals from other entities before proceeding.
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