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United to Offer In-Flight E-Mail Access
Aired June 17, 2003 - 06:40 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time for more business buzz right now. United Airlines wants you to get the message, even if you're 10,000 feet above ground.
Let's go to Carrie Lee at the Nasdaq market site for more on that.
Good morning -- Carrie.
CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
United Airlines set to rollout e-mail services on all of its domestic flights, and this will be the first time a carrier has done this. Now this according to published reports. They're expected to announce this today. And unlike some other services, UAL won't actually have to incur any cost for this service. Verizon's Airfone unit will be paying for it.
Now Airfone has already introduced JetConnect which allows people to check news, stock quotes, the weather and other things. Along with e-mail services, this new service will cost about $16 per flight, plus some additional fees depending on how much text you send and receive.
First class people will have their own individual phones. If you're in coach, though, it's one phone for every three people. So you might have to duke it out if your seatmates, as well as you, are interested in this service. And you basically plug your laptop in and then use a dial-up modem system and access the data. It's not a live Internet connection, but it's a 15-minute delayed connected.
And there's also a lot of talk that other carriers, Carol, could follow suit. You know when one carrier does something, it's like a domino effect in this industry others typically follow.
COSTELLO: Definitely so. Just another chance for Americans to work even longer hours.
LEE: That's right, no down time.
COSTELLO: Exactly. Quick look at the futures before you go.
LEE: Things looking very good after a nice rally yesterday, the Dow up 2.2 percent, the Nasdaq up 2.5, hitting 11 and 13-month highs respectively. So far things look strong. We'll get a reading on the consumer price index, inflation at the retail level, at 8:30 Eastern, and you can bet that that's going to affect trading. But so far so good, Carol, this Tuesday morning.
COSTELLO: All right. Carrie Lee, many thanks, live from New York this morning.
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Aired June 17, 2003 - 06:40 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time for more business buzz right now. United Airlines wants you to get the message, even if you're 10,000 feet above ground.
Let's go to Carrie Lee at the Nasdaq market site for more on that.
Good morning -- Carrie.
CARRIE LEE, CNN FINANCIAL NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
United Airlines set to rollout e-mail services on all of its domestic flights, and this will be the first time a carrier has done this. Now this according to published reports. They're expected to announce this today. And unlike some other services, UAL won't actually have to incur any cost for this service. Verizon's Airfone unit will be paying for it.
Now Airfone has already introduced JetConnect which allows people to check news, stock quotes, the weather and other things. Along with e-mail services, this new service will cost about $16 per flight, plus some additional fees depending on how much text you send and receive.
First class people will have their own individual phones. If you're in coach, though, it's one phone for every three people. So you might have to duke it out if your seatmates, as well as you, are interested in this service. And you basically plug your laptop in and then use a dial-up modem system and access the data. It's not a live Internet connection, but it's a 15-minute delayed connected.
And there's also a lot of talk that other carriers, Carol, could follow suit. You know when one carrier does something, it's like a domino effect in this industry others typically follow.
COSTELLO: Definitely so. Just another chance for Americans to work even longer hours.
LEE: That's right, no down time.
COSTELLO: Exactly. Quick look at the futures before you go.
LEE: Things looking very good after a nice rally yesterday, the Dow up 2.2 percent, the Nasdaq up 2.5, hitting 11 and 13-month highs respectively. So far things look strong. We'll get a reading on the consumer price index, inflation at the retail level, at 8:30 Eastern, and you can bet that that's going to affect trading. But so far so good, Carol, this Tuesday morning.
COSTELLO: All right. Carrie Lee, many thanks, live from New York this morning.
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