ryan l.

Oh lord. Both good and bad news from JetBlue today.

JetBlue Airways Corp. won a government auction Friday for wireless spectrum that could be used to provide in-flight telephone, Internet, or entertainment services.

The winning bid of $7.02 million was placed through New York-based JetBlue's entertainment subsidiary, LiveTV LLC, which provides DirecTV service on JetBlue flights.

I think we can all agree that internet access would be beneficial to a ton of people, particularly those business travelers, but I'm going to pretend that the telephone option doesn't exist. I can't even imagine flying with people on the phone. I can't even stand the babies.

Self, don’t ever become a coffee snob. You know the kind, the non-fat, no foam, extra whip, extra hot, decaf cafe latte. Drives me insane. At the airport now and all I wanted was a straight, regular coffee. It took ten minutes just to get that, then I had to stand in line just to put cream and sugar in my cup behind a lady putting a little … taking a sip (’no, that’s not right’) … putting a little more cream and sugar … taking a sip (’no, that’s not it’). AHH.

On top of that, I had to pay to use the internet. You would think that SFO could get some sort of deal with a service provider–in this case T-Mobile–and wire the whole damn place and provide it for free. As if the hundreds of dollars to travel and the strip search you have to go through to in wasn’t enough.

Next stop, Philly, PA.