You will soon be able to watch Internet TV whilst flying above the clouds. US airlines are making Wifi Internet access available in hundreds of airplanes during 2009. WiFi service will become available at 10,000 feet and above.

Virgin America’s Airbus craft is WiFi ready for regular passenger use this month and is expecting all its planes to have Internet access early 2009.

Whilst flying any Wifi enabled device can be used, including laptops, smartphones and other mobile devices. And with a 2 Mbps download allowance you can watch internet tv, youtube and even check your emails.

It is also thought that the airlines may well distribute movies across the local network for passengers to view depending on the server used on the plane. Network speeds are expected to be between 20 Mbps to 100 Mbps.

Boeing origionally trialed in flight WiFi using its Connexion service in 2004, but the high cost of adding satellite receivers and other equipment to aircraft made it prohibitive. However the installation costs and equipment are now less than a fifth of that times.

The new airline wifi service will currently only work in the US, with a network of cell towers beaming upward. Aircell expects to receive regulatory approval eventually for the same service in Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Being able to watch catch up tv or whatever you want or surf the net may help passengers to relieve the boredom, however watching any airplane disaster movies isnt recommended.

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