 WiFiguruTo infinity... and beyondPremium
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Los Gatos, CA | Onboard What they should do is just add the WiFi rate into the ticket, then give out free access on board to everybody.
It isn't hard. |
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3 edits | said by WiFiguru:What they should do is just add the WiFi rate into the ticket, then give out free access on board to everybody. It isn't hard. Except low cost airlines will NOT do this and will offer cheaper tickets and steal customers from airlines bundling WiFi. Airlines don't even bundle in peanuts or pillows or blankets anymore. What makes you think bundling WiFi will be a viable option, except maybe for planes with a 1st class section. I am sure they could bundle free WiFi in to all 1st class & maybe business class tickets, but not on any regular class tickets.--
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WiFiguruTo infinity... and beyondPremium
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True, wasn't thinking of blankets and peanuts. |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:said by WiFiguru:What they should do is just add the WiFi rate into the ticket, then give out free access on board to everybody. It isn't hard. Except low cost airlines will NOT do this and will offer cheaper tickets and steal customers from airlines bundling WiFi. Airlines don't even bundle in peanuts or pillows or blankets anymore. What makes you think bundling WiFi will be a viable option, except maybe for planes with a 1st class section. I am sure they could bundle free WiFi in to all 1st class & maybe business class tickets, but not on any regular class tickets. Plus, the majority of people, who couldn't care less about wifi on a plane, wouldn't want to pay for it as an inclusion in their ticket price.
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But maybe that's the trick. Not just Wifi but the 'traveler's package' where a user gets a drink, peanuts, a pillow, wifi, and a small box of tissues (!) for slightly more.
JUST wifi may not be worth it but throw in a few other trinkets and I bet the takeup would be higher.
I wonder how they'd stop someone from running a WAP from their laptop for other passengers, should someone feel so inclined...
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| said by KoolMoe:But maybe that's the trick. Not just Wifi but the 'traveler's package' where a user gets a drink, peanuts, a pillow, wifi, and a small box of tissues (!) for slightly more. JUST wifi may not be worth it but throw in a few other trinkets and I bet the takeup would be higher. I wonder how they'd stop someone from running a WAP from their laptop for other passengers, should someone feel so inclined... KM Good idea on the "Travelers Package". Airlines could make a few extra $$$
As for the WAP/Peer 2 Peer relay, it is probably doable...unless the sessions are only allowable with cookies or usernames/passwords. If it is MAC address auth, then you can just relay the signal through your laptop. |
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| Authentication is probably not cookie based simply due to the fact that there are other things on the internet other then browsers.
Its most likely done via a captive portal initially and then using the mac address and access lists to permit traffic.
The nice thing about mac filtering, is that network devices only see the neighbouring mac address, so it would be trivial to run NAT or something along those lines to allow other wireless devices to access the wifi through your connection. |
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said by WiFiguru:What they should do is just add the WiFi rate into the ticket, then give out free access on board to everybody. It isn't hard. I wouldn't want to pay the extra fee. All the flights I take are domestic (I haven't flown overseas yet). I find that I can be without internet for those 2-4 hours.
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Sure, people LOVE to bundle. Not me, but it seems like the thing to do in this day and age. |
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