Whoa. Just when we start to get used to using In-Flight WiFi on our cross-country USA flights and think that's way cool, more connectivity announcement come out to blow our minds. We're talking about long-haul in-flight WiFi, like using the internet while flying at 40,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific between New York and Tokyo, and it's totally coming soon to airlines.

The latest carrier to jump onboard the long-haul WiFi bandwagon is Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, who plan to roll out broadband internet onboard all of their regular and Dragonair fleet starting in early 2012. They'll be partnering up with the same folks working to make long-haul internet on Virgin Atlantic and Lufthansa a reality too—and that's Panasonic. But the fun won't stop at just the internet...