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That Air France in-flight calling trial is now well underway, and it looks like there’s still some kinks left to iron out. The New York Times hitched a ride on a recent flight featuring tests of the system, and found that things weren’t quite working up to snuff: voice quality was said to be like “talking to a small robot,” only six passengers could get a signal at a duration, Blackberry mail didn’t work, and calls placed from the ground to cell

phones in the air went straight to voicemail. That’s a pretty towering list for a system that’s been talked about for a couple years now — let’s hope OnAir manages to clear up some of these glitches before angry passengers revolt by not only having to listen to other people’s conversations, but additionally their screaming by poor connections.

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Original post by Nilay Patel