Google will be providing free wireless Internet access at 47 airports and all Virgin American airlines flights throughout the holiday season.

This is how the inflight WiFi works, as posted on <a href="http://www.freeholidaywifi.com" target="_blank">www.freeholidaywifi.com</a> :

&quot;WiFi on Virgin America is powered by Gogo® Inflight internet. Here's how Gogo turns a plane into a flying hotspot. When you're using a mobile phone in your car (hands free of course), your phone continuously searches for the strongest connection. As you move, your phone switches cell towers to maintain the best signal.

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Gogo has built a mobile broadband network of ground towers covering the entire sky above the continental United States to do the same thing for a plane. Equipment onboard continuously selects the strongest connection from the towers below. With nothing but air between these towers and your plane, it's possible to get a strong connection even at 35,000 feet.&quot;