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Lawsuit: GoGo Illegally Cornered In-Flight Broadband Market
A federal judge has refused to throw out a class action lawsuit alleging that GoGo is violating antitrust laws by cornering the in-flight broadband market, resulting in higher prices and poorer service that consumers might otherwise receive. The ruling (via GigaOM) notes that GoGo has an 85 percent market share againt competitors like Row44 and JetBlue's ViaSat courtesy of exclusive agreements they've made with most major airlines. GoGo's pricing and performance often underwhelms; they may face new pressure from ViaSat's new 12 Mbps "Fly-Fi" service, which offers free e-mail and browsing (but costs $9 per hour for anything else).

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mixdup
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Huh?

I don't get it. What is the goal of this lawsuit, to require airlines to install in-flight wifi from multiple vendors? You can only get Coke on a Delta flight. Does that mean someone should sue to get Pepsi? The nature of how these services are installed and maintained specifically means that there will be only one choice on a flight.