i am going on vacation in a few days and was wondering if anybody would know if there is internet on an airplane..i have my own laptop One of the options in the near future might be the Sprint broadband card. In the near future, many airlines may open up the use of cell phones on their flights. Sprint broadband cards work in many of the areas that cell phones work. You can think of it as a wireless card for the cell network instead of just a local WIFI.
Sprint has limited and unlimed service available with the purchase of the "air card".
If the airlines do open up cell phone usage, this is what I would expect the wireless network access to evolve.