Jody Victor Horizons Travel: If you hate the down time on flights you’ll love to hear about this! American Airlines, (AMR) the world's largest carrier, said Wednesday that it will begin testing in-flight broadband Internet in early 2008. The Fort Worth-based airline will conduct the test on its 15 Boeing 767-200 aircraft that fly transcontinental routes, making it one of the first domestic carriers to offer passengers broadband service.  The carrier will consider rolling it out to the rest of the fleet if the test is successful, says company spokesman Charley Wilson. "We're at the point now where we feel like it's worth testing," says Wilson. "We recognize that it helps us to be more competitive."  The fee-based service will provide passengers with wireless Internet connections for laptops, smart phones and other personal digital assistants equipped with Wi-Fi antennae.

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