VOIP in American Airlines

Aircell, the company whose technology is bringing the Internet to airplanes, said that it could block voice over Internet protocol calls, but Wired reports that workarounds already exist.

Just days after American Airlines made the big-deal announcement that it had rolled out in-flight internet on certain routes, hackers have found a way to use the service for voice-over-internet protocol calls, despite promises from the airline that its air-to-ground system, developed by Aircell, would block voice calls. Wired seems to think that passengers will inevitably be able to make voice calls once WiFi becomes common on airlines, but I doubt it.

It's not that I think anyone will be be able to stop hackers from devising technology that can make telephone calls. I just don't think passengers will stand for it. If calls are technically forbidden -- and they will be -- then passengers will notify flight attendants the second some
person tries to make a call.