Connexion by Boeing

Speed varied due to many factors including resource availability, aircraft location, and regulatory restrictions.

[7] Ground stations were located in Vancouver Island Canada, Ibaraki Japan, Moscow Russia, Littleton, Colorado US, and Leuk Switzerland.

The service was first commercially demonstrated onboard two Boeing 747-400 aircraft that were operated by Lufthansa and British Airways in 2003.

[8] Service was provided between Frankfurt Airport - Washington Dulles and London Heathrow - New York JFK.

[10] Flying out of Germany, the service provided access to live streaming TV for CNBC (Europe), EurosportNews, BBC World and EuroNews.

In comparison, the typical cost at that time of unlimited dial-up internet access for an entire month was $20.

Various payment options were allowed: major credit cards, mobile phone, hotspot accounts and even frequent flyer miles.

[17] The lack of sufficient customers was speculated to be a direct result of the U.S. domestic carriers pulling from agreements with Connexion after 9/11.

While the European market thrived on the service, no U.S. domestic carriers were able to justify the approximate $500,000 USD per plane investment and the weight cost of the additional hardware.