Connexion Gets Some Love From New Kerala

New Kerala did an article about the fabulous Connexion service that sponsors this blog.

The most interesting part of the article was the survey conducted by Connexion that suggested 61% of passengers want to be able to use their cell phones while in transit. I have to say that I find that number a bit high, given all the complaints I hear from people worried that they’re going to allow cell phones.

Personally, I enjoy the brief respite that airplane travel allows me from my cell phone. I much prefer e-mail and AIM for business communication. And I certainly don’t want to have to listen to some rude schmuck making a sales call inches from my head.

Of course, if you have Web access on airplanes, there’s nothing to stop someone from making a call via Skype. But at least with Skype you don’t have the same ugly culture of people yelling into their phones. You can lean in to your computer’s nice microphone and whisper the same thing you feel compelled to shout to a whole room when you’re on your cell phone. And you can adjust the volume on your computer so that you don’t have to ask people to repeat themselves if the connection quality isn’t what you hoped for.

If airlines really must allow cell phone use during flight, they should at least restrict it to certain times and certain sections of the plane.