``Another hurdle, the Journal reports, is that later this year or in early 2006, the Federal Communications Commission plans to auction off licenses for the frequencies necessary to transmit data between airplanes and the ground. United can`t offer the service until winning bidders for the licenses are determined.``

I think we (thanks gernb1!) may have just discovered the reason for no digEsystem till early 2006.

But I KNOW nuttin`!

SGE