WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT

Wi-Fi in the Sky







On May 24, 1844, Samuel F. B. Morse dispatched the words "What Hath God Wrought" over an experimental telegraph line from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore. It was the first-ever, long-distance electronic message.



160 years later, while not quite as momentous an occasion, those words come to mind as I post this to the Blog via a high-speed internet connection -- while flying at 35,000 feet over Greenland.



On Monday Lufthansa will become the first commercial airline to offer a broadband connection on its flights. Wi-Fi throughout the plane, no less. A technician is aboard our flight from Munich to Los Angeles today checking out the system, and he let me test it -- says I am the first paying passenger ever to have access.



When up and running next week it will cost $29.95 for unlimited use during the flight (good value for a nearly 12-hour flight?), or $9.95 per half-hour.



Very cool. What Hath God Wrought, indeed!