Topic 'Re: LONG road to ROI' in forum '' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417480 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:20:27 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:20:27 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22426296 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22426296 Fri, 22 May 2009 01:22:14 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22423119
I think I may have to buy a netbook now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22423119 Thu, 21 May 2009 17:40:11 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22419866 said by fiberguy:

At those prices, I'm sorry to tell them, they're going to have a really hard time getting an ROI on the investment.

I predict that unless they drop the price, the service will go the way of the AirPhone.
I was on a Delta flight 2 weeks ago and paid $10 to have gogo wireless for my laptop on my 3 hour flight. It was worth every penny.

I had a about a 250/250 connection.
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Wifi on Virgin America works with a laptop? Ethernet isn't activated, it goes thru the wireless?

According to Virgin they had ethernet + wireless connectivity but ethernet wasn't activated yet and neither was wireless. Now I take it the wireless is active and ethernet is not?

Also does the wireless work with regular laptops?
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that pricing is reasonable for in-flight entertainment. i think they have it just about right.
Yep, I am flying from NYC to LA in July (on Virgin) and I can assure you I will be purchasing the $12.95 package. Sure, I think $10 would be better (or free!) but their price is fair enough.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22418212 Wed, 20 May 2009 16:26:12 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22418197 www.virginamerica.com/va/press/2···iFi.html

Looks like those are the laptops people were using. :-)

Was that coach I presume? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22418197 Wed, 20 May 2009 16:23:08 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22418171
Apparently the wireless internet was finally enabled.

I assume the power ports work. Virgin America has first class but coach prices are significantly cheaper.

It was just a matter of time before Virgin added the features as their aircraft are all fully equipped.

SwissAir ran a plane which had an FAA certified video entertainment system which was rushed and wiring arc'ed and the plane blew up killing all. Other airlines saw the issue and did not use this equipment.

Virgin America's system is fully tested, FAA approved I hope the engineers did their due dilligence with making it all work without safety issues. I assume the final safety certifications came through which is why only recently it came into play.

I wonder when the ethernet will get activated. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22418171 Wed, 20 May 2009 16:17:46 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417923
Better to have 1 person at $13 than 2 at $6.

}Davoice]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417923 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:25:43 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417907 said by Rob:

said by FHBroadband8:

the question becomes which Laptop is appropriate to use in coach class.
.. the one with no speakers :D
With seat pitches below 34" (most major airlines), as tiny as possible. Anything bigger than 12" screen does not fit on the tray table. Anything bigger than 10" does fit if the genius in front of you reclines.

}Davoice]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417907 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:22:49 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417902
Looks like I have some homework for some later finger pointing and gloating to do.

I do recall, some months back, when others, in this very forum posting, stated it was too much.. now it's just fine.. Hmmmm.. Interesting...

I still disagree.. The price point is too high to gain the level of customers they need to support the service on its own...

While people here may find it a value, try stacking that up against regular travelers. Remember, this is a budget airline. People will make a choice to AVOID a carrier over $10 in ticket price, ESPECIALLY when you are to 2 and 3 ticketed passengers. That alone ads up to $60 round trip in the case of three.. and doesn't include baggage fees, etc. Frontier Airlines flies many flights with DirecTV dark becuase people won't pay the $5 for the service.. In this economy, and ala cart add-up-quickly flying, people are going to think twice.. often.

LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, not a niche' group of people like here (sorry, it's the truth) I don't see this as a good price point.. especially for the amount its going to be crippled. Essentially, it's for email, chat, and some web... $13.00 is a lot for that.

I swear, too, I think that people like to disagree with me just to disagree.. so, now off to find post history on those who now love the price today where they hated it a few months back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417902 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:21:30 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417718
Virgin's wifi worked with Dell D620 Lattitude's standard built in wifi card. And, as I mentioned above, it also worked fine with my wife's iPhone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417718 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:45:05 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417684 said by FHBroadband8:

the question becomes which Laptop is appropriate to use in coach class.
.. the one with no speakers :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417684 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:38:39 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417682 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417682 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:37:37 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417676
I'm wondering if all the other airlines implementing WiFi have power plugs in every the seat like Virgin does. Paying that $12.95 without a power port would be somewhat usless.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417676 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:36:41 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417673 said by fiberguy:

At those prices, I'm sorry to tell them, they're going to have a really hard time getting an ROI on the investment.

I predict that unless they drop the price, the service will go the way of the AirPhone.
I disagree. I suspect they'll see ROI fairly quickly now that it's available on all their fleets.

The prices are very reasonable.
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According to Virgin they had ethernet + wireless connectivity but ethernet wasn't activated yet and neither was wireless. Now I take it the wireless is active and ethernet is not?

Also does the wireless work with regular laptops? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417662 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:35:14 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417618
Email, browsing, etc. helps pass the flight. Plus, in my case, it reduces the likelihood that when I land I'll find some work related email waiting for me that needs attention and that I could've handled while I was a captive in an airlne seat. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417618 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:28:35 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417611 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417611 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:27:29 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417572 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417572 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:20:20 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417535 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417535 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:13:01 EDT Re: LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417511 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-LONG-road-to-ROI-22417511 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:06:26 EDT LONG road to ROI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/LONG-road-to-ROI-22417480
I predict that unless they drop the price, the service will go the way of the AirPhone.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/LONG-road-to-ROI-22417480 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:01:26 EDT