ual777uk From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2005, 3355 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (8 months 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 3088 times:
Quoting huaiwei (Reply 1): If skyhigh prices to boot? Probably lukewarm reception at best unless one is in desperate need for an internet connection?
Agreed, I will wait until I land thank you very much. Hats off for getting it but i guess we need ot see lots of the competition getting it as well which in time will hopefully drive down the usage fee.
airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6871 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (8 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 2977 times:
Quoting huaiwei (Reply 1): If skyhigh prices to boot? Probably lukewarm reception at best unless one is in desperate need for an internet connection?
If I'm traveling for work my company pays for it. I have a trip planned to India (from the US), and I will waste 2 full days of work getting there and back. If I had Internet access which allowed me to vpn into my network, it would be worth every penny.
airbuseric From Netherlands, joined Jan 2005, 4015 posts, RR: 52 Reply 4, posted (8 months 2 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2954 times:
I remember having WiFi onboard my A380 flight (9V-SKB) in last April already. There was a plastified leaflet about it in every seatpocket. Didn't use it myself though.
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AF185 From Hong Kong, joined Sep 2012, 117 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (8 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2209 times:
Being on a long haul flight remains one of the few occasions in our busy society to be out of Internet /social media /tv /blackberry ..for a few hours. It feels so relaxing
United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (8 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2029 times:
Quoting SInGAPORE_AIR (Reply 9): Quoting avek00 (Reply 5):
Good to see Singapore Airlines finally catching up to the tech standards of USA legacy carriers.
Pardon my ignorance, which USA legacy airlines offer wi-fi on their long-haul international routes ?
UA and DL are going to be offering Wifi on long haul flights. Both are scheduled to start retrofitting their long haul fleet with it next year.
legacyins From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 1830 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1909 times:
Quoting ghifty (Reply 11): adding Wi-Fi for international sectors AND domestic sectors, or just domestic sectors?
aquariusHKG From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2010, 91 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 1804 times:
Quoting airbazar (Reply 3): If I'm traveling for work my company pays for it. I have a trip planned to India (from the US), and I will waste 2 full days of work getting there and back. If I had Internet access which allowed me to vpn into my network, it would be worth every penny.
I have doubts that the internet quality may not be enough for a decent VPN connections
airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6871 posts, RR: 7 Reply 18, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1744 times:
Quoting AF185 (Reply 10): Being on a long haul flight remains one of the few occasions in our busy society to be out of Internet /social media /tv /blackberry ..for a few hours. It feels so relaxing
Speak for yourself. Although I work in the technology industry I don't even own a smart phone. It's actually very easy to disconnect. You just have to want to do it.
Quoting aquariusHKG (Reply 17):
I have doubts that the internet quality may not be enough for a decent VPN connections
I've heard of people Skyping so it should be good enough for VPN.
DesertFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 474 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1731 times:
I've used the wifi on TK IST-LAX and it was really nice to have. It was free though, and painfully slow, but at least I could check emails and get some work done. It'll be nice when this becomes a more standard feature of longhaul flying.
XJetflyer From United States of America, joined Apr 2007, 326 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1702 times:
Airlines should have WI-FI available these days. This should be the norm on flights. I enjoy getting work done and just reading articles online while flying. Of course I enjoy the take off and landing and take breaks to enoy the flight also.
Birdwatching From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3573 posts, RR: 52 Reply 21, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1632 times:
I'd love it if airlines used their wifi system so you can stream the IFE, not from the internet but from onboard storage. They wouldn't even need a connection to the ground, just sort of an intranet.
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United1 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 5337 posts, RR: 8 Reply 22, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1596 times:
Quoting Birdwatching (Reply 21): I'd love it if airlines used their wifi system so you can stream the IFE, not from the internet but from onboard storage. They wouldn't even need a connection to the ground, just sort of an intranet.
Not sure about SQ but UA is launching just that...you will not only be able to access the internet but also stream video from onboard servers into your personal device (iPad, tablet ect.) Its great for aircraft that do not currently have PTVs installed...
Rwy04LGA From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2144 posts, RR: 7 Reply 23, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1556 times:
Quoting legacyins (Reply 16): Quoting ghifty (Reply 11):
adding Wi-Fi for international sectors AND domestic sectors, or just domestic sectors?
Suggest you use Regional instead of domestic.
In SQs case, regional is still international. While Delta does not now have wi-fi on international flights, they will soon. However, Delta does have a huge domestic system that has wi-fi and has had it for a while. How does SQs wi-fi capable domestic system compare?
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zeke From Hong Kong, joined Dec 2006, 7725 posts, RR: 73 Reply 24, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1433 times:
Quoting avek00 (Reply 5): Good to see Singapore Airlines finally catching up to the tech standards of USA legacy carriers.
Those carriers are using a ground based system, where the aircraft needs to be over a landmass for it to work, and I assume it is only over the US.
Each country worldwide has different WiFi frequencies in their approved frequency bands. When you buy a WiFi router, you may notice in the setup it asks you to set the location, this is to set the correct frequency spectrum. We have WiFi installing on our aircraft, however it is not turned on as a number of countries where we operate have conflicting frequency spectrum. One cannot operate an aircraft with illegal radio transmissions, which is what Wifi is on the incorrect frequency.
I will like to see how SQ covers this, maybe they will not have an issue on their route structure, with the selected aircraft.
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airbazar From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 6871 posts, RR: 7 Reply 25, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1247 times:
Quoting United1 (Reply 22): Not sure about SQ but UA is launching just that...you will not only be able to access the internet but also stream video from onboard servers into your personal device (iPad, tablet ect.) Its great for aircraft that do not currently have PTVs installed...
I suspect that is the way of the future. Just about every one these days has some sort of wireless video device. Think about all the weight savings that can be translated into fuel savings, and leg room savings from not having those AVOD boxes under every other seat. They could still have the individual screens on every seatback where each passenger can plug in their own device.
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