Internet calls on planes: The genie is out...

When American Airlines, in partnership with Aircell, launched its in-flight Internet service recently, it created one big restriction: Passengers couldn’t use Skype or one of the other VOIP (Internet-based) phone services. Earlier this week I blogged about how an ingenious flier had within a mere day or two of the launch, had figured out a “end run”—using Phweet, an Internet app that...