Comments on: Eos report card http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:33:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: hallac.com » EOS report http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-344230 hallac.com » EOS report Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:16:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-344230 [...] were courteous and professional. Luckily I didn’t have any complaints about the pillow, as Jeff Jarvis seems to have taken care of that issue Unfortunately I can’t say much about the food as I [...] [...] were courteous and professional. Luckily I didn’t have any complaints about the pillow, as Jeff Jarvis seems to have taken care of that issue Unfortunately I can’t say much about the food as I [...]

]]> By: Momondo Blog » Blog Archive » Don’t spend it on the flight… http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-213863 Momondo Blog » Blog Archive » Don’t spend it on the flight… Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:09:12 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-213863 [...] For more info visit EOS site, see the video on forbes or check the eos-review on buzzmachine [...] [...] For more info visit EOS site, see the video on forbes or check the eos-review on buzzmachine [...]

]]> By: Ethan http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-48905 Ethan Wed, 17 May 2006 09:30:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-48905 Jeff, did you keep downloading and watching "Sleeper Cell"? If so you can now pick up the entire series on DVD, complete with deleted and unedited scenes, documentaries and audio commentary. And a second season is on the way. I'm one of the two creators -- so I'm glad you liked what you saw and I thank you for mentioning the show. Jeff, did you keep downloading and watching “Sleeper Cell”? If so you can now pick up the entire series on DVD, complete with deleted and unedited scenes, documentaries and audio commentary. And a second season is on the way. I’m one of the two creators — so I’m glad you liked what you saw and I thank you for mentioning the show.

]]> By: kurotenshi http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31718 kurotenshi Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:27:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31718 I guess the morbidly obese are out of luck on this one, especially with the sidepanels on the chair. I like where this is heading....no more fighting over the armrest, and with the offset seating placement, no more getting up for others to get to the aisle... I guess the morbidly obese are out of luck on this one, especially with the sidepanels on the chair. I like where this is heading….no more fighting over the armrest, and with the offset seating placement, no more getting up for others to get to the aisle…

]]> By: Jon Lester http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31431 Jon Lester Sun, 05 Mar 2006 21:49:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31431 I appreciate the report on Eos, although I doubt I'll be taking first or business class once I get to go to the UK or anywhere else in Europe. Maybe something will happen and I'll have a trip comped. I appreciate the report on Eos, although I doubt I’ll be taking first or business class once I get to go to the UK or anywhere else in Europe.

Maybe something will happen and I’ll have a trip comped.

]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31422 Jeff Jarvis Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:12:55 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31422 Can't be too careful these days!.... Can’t be too careful these days!….

]]> By: Andrew Tyndall http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31368 Andrew Tyndall Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:51:11 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31368 So was I... So was I…

]]> By: Gregg http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31366 Gregg Sun, 05 Mar 2006 01:17:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31366 Just teasin'... Just teasin’…

]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31364 Jeff Jarvis Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:42:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31364 Andrew: Not paid by Eos, I'm trying to say. I acknowledge the expense account at the start. I went to London to work. Gregg: I paid the $1.99 for Sleeper Cell (and liked it and might buy the next few, btw). I suspect Posturpedic will pay me to stop complaining about their torture pillow, though. God, I hated that thing. Glenn: Thanks, I hope Eos reads your comment! Andrew: Not paid by Eos, I’m trying to say. I acknowledge the expense account at the start. I went to London to work.
Gregg: I paid the $1.99 for Sleeper Cell (and liked it and might buy the next few, btw).
I suspect Posturpedic will pay me to stop complaining about their torture pillow, though. God, I hated that thing.
Glenn: Thanks, I hope Eos reads your comment!

]]> By: It looks obvious » Blog Archive » EOS http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31363 It looks obvious » Blog Archive » EOS Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:30:55 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31363 [...] I guess we will not be taking the EOS flight to London; I heared that the Pillow is not good enough   EOS, Flight [...] [...] I guess we will not be taking the EOS flight to London; I heared that the Pillow is not good enough   EOS, Flight [...]

]]> By: Gregg http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31362 Gregg Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:21:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31362 "And on the way back, I watched Sleeper Cell on my Mac, via iTunes." This sounds like product placement. :) “And on the way back, I watched Sleeper Cell on my Mac, via iTunes.”

This sounds like product placement. :)

]]> By: Gregg http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31361 Gregg Sun, 05 Mar 2006 00:05:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31361 "I was lucky enough to go over on an expense account and given that same privilege, I’d take Eos again in a flash." Easy spending other people's money, eh? Rough life.... “I was lucky enough to go over on an expense account and given that same privilege, I’d take Eos again in a flash.”

Easy spending other people’s money, eh? Rough life….

]]> By: Andrew Tyndall http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31360 Andrew Tyndall Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:42:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31360 "I was lucky enough to go over on an expense account"..."I have nothing to disclose; I paid the regular fare." So did you pay or was your ticket paid for you? “I was lucky enough to go over on an expense account”…”I have nothing to disclose; I paid the regular fare.”

So did you pay or was your ticket paid for you?

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/03/04/eos-report-card/#comment-31359 Glenn Fleishman Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:37:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1214#comment-31359 "I begged him for wifi, but he said it takes millions to refit a plane for that." Not really accurate on his part, but he might just be trying to dissaude a line of reasoning. A 757 can have Connexion by Boeing added today for $500,000 to $1,000,000. The actual number isn't really published. It can be accomplished across a regular 7-day maintenance window. But it adds a few hundred pounds of gear. And, with 48 passsengers already paying over $3,000 each way for travel, extracting enough cash and volume without eating the expense is pretty huge. Connexion charges about $25 for a 6-hour-plus flight on planes that seat 200 to 300 people, getting sometimes 40 or 50 people paying per flight at this point. OnAir will bring satellite-based Internet service in 2007 to a number of aircraft, and their solution is light-weight and cheaper for craft that already use the Inmarsat avionics equipment, which it's possible that Eos's leased planes do. These communications' packages are typical on over-water planes and are already installed in thousands of aircraft worldwide. Their cost for adding Wi-Fi could be as low as $100,000 for a plane with Inmarsat satellite equipment already on board. The interesting thing is that there will be domestic US (air-to-ground) Internet access by late 2007 to early 2008 based on an auction of spectrum that will happen in May. UK plans, I don't know about at the moment. The air-to-ground equipment is much lighter and simpler. It's possible that Eos and similar airlines could equipmet planes with US/UK equipment to offer a few hours of service on either end of a flight, but that might not be enough to be useful. “I begged him for wifi, but he said it takes millions to refit a plane for that.” Not really accurate on his part, but he might just be trying to dissaude a line of reasoning. A 757 can have Connexion by Boeing added today for $500,000 to $1,000,000. The actual number isn’t really published. It can be accomplished across a regular 7-day maintenance window. But it adds a few hundred pounds of gear. And, with 48 passsengers already paying over $3,000 each way for travel, extracting enough cash and volume without eating the expense is pretty huge. Connexion charges about $25 for a 6-hour-plus flight on planes that seat 200 to 300 people, getting sometimes 40 or 50 people paying per flight at this point.

OnAir will bring satellite-based Internet service in 2007 to a number of aircraft, and their solution is light-weight and cheaper for craft that already use the Inmarsat avionics equipment, which it’s possible that Eos’s leased planes do. These communications’ packages are typical on over-water planes and are already installed in thousands of aircraft worldwide. Their cost for adding Wi-Fi could be as low as $100,000 for a plane with Inmarsat satellite equipment already on board.

The interesting thing is that there will be domestic US (air-to-ground) Internet access by late 2007 to early 2008 based on an auction of spectrum that will happen in May. UK plans, I don’t know about at the moment. The air-to-ground equipment is much lighter and simpler. It’s possible that Eos and similar airlines could equipmet planes with US/UK equipment to offer a few hours of service on either end of a flight, but that might not be enough to be useful.

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