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Alaska Air Starts WiFi Trials, Gives It Away for Free

Jumping on the WiFi bandwagon this week is Alaska Airlines as they just announced the beginning of a free, two-month trial period of in-flight WiFi aboard their Seattle-San Jose route. What, no WiFi trial on actual Alaska routes? That is so not fair.

With the intent of outfitting their entire fleet, save for poor Horizon Air, Alaska has tapped Row 44, who also hooked up the WiFi for Southwest; that makes two successful clients for the start-up. If we are to put any stock in an old Daily Wireless story, then pricing for WiFi use after the trial period will be staggered at "$10 for up to two hours, $15 for 2-5hr and $20 for more than 5hr," with a peak aircraft bandwidth of 35 Mbps.

For anyone who hits the jackpot in March or April by stumbling onto one of these rare trial flights, do enjoy the healthy 2 hours of Twittering and YouTube it'll afford you, and don't forget to tell us all about it.

Related Stories:
· In-Flight WiFi Q&A [Alaska Airlines]
· WiFi Coming to Alaska Air, free for now [Seattle Times]
· Southwest's InFlight Internet: Testing, Testing [Jaunted]
· In-Flight WiFi coverage [Jaunted]

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