For those who cherish escaping the constant deluge of emails that flying 35,000 feet above ground affords, peace and quiet might soon be shattered. British satellite company Inmarsat has partnered with Deutsche Telekom to bring super-fast Internet to fliers in Europe, enabling them to use their smartphones at same speed in the air as they do on the ground. The service will be the fastest on the market, delivering a peak speed of 75 megabits per second -- that's way above the 30 megabits that passes as super-fast fiber broadband in some cities. Inmarsat hopes to achieve this by launching the world's first commercial satellite and ground system called the European Aviation Network, which will be a hybrid between the two technologies currently used for in-flight connectivity. The first airline to trial it, from 2017, will be the German carrier Lufthansa. "There's been quite a lot of anticipation for this announcement, it's definitely significant," says Jason Rabinowitz, data research manager at Routehappy, an online product comparison platform for air travel. "When it comes to speed, 70 megabits per seconds is quite high. The prospect seems realistic enough that Lufthansa has signed up its narrow-body fleet to the technology." Connected above clouds The airliner says its passengers will be able to update social media, send emails and texts, and also stream music and films glitch-free. Those worried they'll be stuck listening to a chatty neighbor's phone conversation for hours can breathe a sigh of relief -- Lufthansa says it's drawing a line at Skype or voice calls. "We conduct frequent surveys and there was a significant and clear vote among our customers against in-flight phone calls," says Martin Riecken, Lufthansa's director of communication, adding that it will block voice communication on board. Executives have not yet decided the pricing system for their new service, but say the cost may depend on the travel class of the ticket. The question remains how the network will cope if everyone on board decides to upload their pictures of cloud formations to Instagram at the same time. "We don't really believe that it will be a problem," says Riecken. "It's relatively unlikely that everyone will access the Internet at the same time -- you download your emails and then you start reading them, and then you're not using the data anymore," he adds.