[IP] more on Apple iChat at 35,000 feet

[David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: James Mcmurry <jmcmurry@xxxxxxx>
Date: June 24, 2004 8:53:24 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Apple iChat at 35,000 feet

Dave


I was on flight from Munich to LAX today, using IRC, iChat (but could 
not get AV to work due to latency issues)

see http://www.jamesmcmurry.com



On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 10:42AM, David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

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>
> From: Irwin Lazar <ilazar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: June 24, 2004 1:22:30 PM EDT
> To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Apple iChat at 35,000 feet
>
> Hi Dave,
> Here is something you might like for the IP list:
>
> http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2004/06/ichat_at_35k/
>
> One has to wonder what the impact of VoIP & Video over IP will be on 
> air
> travel.  Will passengers tolerate other passengers who spend a long
> transcontinental flight on their IP phone gabbing away while others are
> trying to sleep or read?  Will the airlines be forced to set up "quiet
> cabins" much in the same way Amtrak has "quiet cars" on their
> northeastern
> routes?  How long before we see the first noise-canceling IP phone 
> which
> will eliminate background and engine noise to allow for quiet phone
> calls
> from airplanes?
>
> Irwin
>
> --
> Irwin Lazar
> Senior Analyst, Burton Group
> ilazar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Phone: 703-742-9659
> AIM/iChat: imlazar
>
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