US airlines provide passengers with free access to Facebook

In principle, the service of access to the Network in the air was introduced quite a long time ago - first as a trial service, a little later - as a full-featured commercial service. Of course, this service does not make sense for short-haul flights, but for passengers of intercontinental flights that are in flight for many hours, this service is really convenient. And you can talk with your relatives / friends, and you can not forget about work - which is to say, a very convenient thing. Well, now for those who like to socialize in social networks golden days have come. The other day, several American airlines announced their intention to open free access to Facebook.

The fact is that the service of access to the web in the air exists, but it is quite expensive. For example, Lufthansa has introduced the following rates for working on the Net for its passengers: 10.95 euros per hour, 19.95 euros per day. For business people who urgently need to work online, this is not money. But the average user will think ten times, before spending a few tens of dollars on social networking.
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Now, even the poorest passenger of American airlines (American Airlines, Virgin America, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta, AirTran, US Airways) can sit on Facebook for as long as they wish. By the way, in the USA the largest provider of telecommunications services in the air is Gogo. So she decided to please the passengers of the flights "auction of unprecedented generosity." What is interesting is that Facebook, according to Gogo, is the most popular site among citizens in flight.

At the moment, the service of access to the Network in the air is not too popular among airline passengers, this applies not only to the United States, but also to European countries. Perhaps in Europe, too, will join the campaign "free Facebook in the air", and then the "air" Internet will become a little, but more popular. It would be better, of course, if the communication services on the plane were cheaper, then the service would certainly have become popular.

Via usatoday