  FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | what? they may be the minority but i know at least a dozen people who have flown recently and used inflight wifi. they said it worked great.
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 |  MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | Re: what? said by FBGuy:they may be the minority but i know at least a dozen people who have flown recently and used inflight wifi. they said it worked great. If a flight is 4 hours or more, I always buy it. The problem is I am not flying as much because of being nickle and dimed for everything by the airlines. | |
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|  r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX | I loved having internet on the airplane.
It is a good investment.
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join:2001-12-01
Chicago, IL
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| Airlines needs to view this as a differentiator the way airlines make money on this is becoming among the first to get gogo on their entire fleet. I travel weekly for business and spend on average of $45,000 /annually on airfare. I'm already thinking of dumping my loyalty to United Airlines and moving over to American. American services the same routes I travel most frequently of ORD and has nearly completed it's rollout of gogo on the fleet that services those routes (ORD-SFO-ORD).
Having inflight broadband is that important that I'm willing to leave loyalty, miles, status behind to have a better (and more productive) inflight experience.
If I can turn my 10 hours of commute weekly from downtime into productivity that amounts to more money in my pocket. | |
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join:2002-03-03
USA
kudos:4 | Not all flying want to use in-flight broadband In-flight broadband is good for those who either must have it for work or just NEVER want to be out of touch electronically. And the price is not really the issue.
But many actually prefer being out of touch while flying and enjoy the down time from being constantly reachable.
So, the cost may not be the thing keeping that 10% number form rising.
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| FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | Re: Not all flying want to use in-flight broadband this is very true. i know whenever I have flown by myself it is indeed about the one time when I am thrilled to have at least an hour of time to just myself.
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join:2005-01-30
Berwyn, PA Reviews:
 ·Verizon FiOS
| They are selling to the wrong people Most, but not all, business travelers, need to justify every expense. In my case, my company has a policy that in flight WiFi is not a justifiable expense. If the Airlines or WiFi providers would sell their service in bulk to companies such as mine, they would sell more. Maybe these types of agreements are being made, but I have not head of any. | |
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kudos:4 | Re: They are selling to the wrong people said by OwlSaver:Most, but not all, business travelers, need to justify every expense. In my case, my company has a policy that in flight WiFi is not a justifiable expense. If the Airlines or WiFi providers would sell their service in bulk to companies such as mine, they would sell more. Maybe these types of agreements are being made, but I have not head of any. They do solicit GoGo Business accounts where a business can get deals for their traveling employees:
»www.gogoinflight.com/gogo/business.do
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| r81984Fair and BalancedPremium
join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX | You can also pay a monthly fee for unlimited internet.
If if your company does not cover it, and you travel alot it might be worth it to you to save time.
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| | Purchased wifi I actually just purchased wifi from Gogo on my delta flight to Orlando but it only cost me $4.95 so it was easy to swallow and at 150k down and 140k up it was wasn't horribly slow bit plenty for what I wanted to do while on the plane. I was satisfied with the experience. | |
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| ame101
join:2002-05-02
Southington, CT | Re: Purchased wifi I do 20K-100k miles a year worth it, when I can get it. | |
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| | Gogo I am writing this post from my Blackberry while currently flying over the Rocky mountains. Not only that, but I just placed a few phone calls via UMA (shh, don't tell anyone!). So far the service works decently, and the price isn't a big deal at all. I will most likely always purchase internet access if it is available on future flights. | |
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join:2009-07-08
New Orleans, LA | If it is free, I will use it...if not I probably won't....even if my plane is a few hours
Just not worth paying a few bucks an hour for internet on a plane. | |
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| | What would AAPL or MSFT do with Wi-Fi in the sky? We focus on the connectivity. Are there apps (outside of email/ BBerry) that connectivity provides an advantage? Auction sites? E-commerce? I'd like to get 2-3 free uses per month for shelling out $50-60/ mo for an aircard, but is there another model that could make sense? Therein lies the key to unlock value in Aircell. | |
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|  wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | Re: What would AAPL or MSFT do with Wi-Fi in the sky? said by wildcat man:We focus on the connectivity. Are there apps (outside of email/ BBerry) that connectivity provides an advantage? Auction sites? E-commerce? I'd like to get 2-3 free uses per month for shelling out $50-60/ mo for an aircard, but is there another model that could make sense? Therein lies the key to unlock value in Aircell. I think you are missing the point of this service. Gogo acts just like any other 802.11x wireless network. The only difference is you can access it while on a plane. Any apps or connectivity requirements you have while at work/home also work while using Gogo.
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| | | | Re: What would AAPL or MSFT do with Wi-Fi in the sky? Good point. Perhaps I am trying to hard to discover an air-borne value source. However, if there were a "what" that could be focused on the air (e.g., navigation devices matter little if they remain in the house, but in a car...), value could be unlocked. | |
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| | lol free email thats so 90's of them
LOL
sorry the whole thing is ridiculous and if your so needing to have net for that 2-3 hr flight you need to have head examined | |
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| | Should be free I think in-flight internet should be free. Im not paying $6 or however much it is to use internet in the air. | |
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join:2003-05-26
Santa Clara, CA Reviews:
 ·Comcast Business..
| Have you ever been bored? When I fly I hate being bored and disconnected. If I am going to be staring at the back of a seat for 2-6 hours, being able to surf the net is the ultimate way to pass the time. I can get work done, watch TV, read articles, and talk with friends.
It's even better on Virgin America since they have power at every seat.
It makes flying bearable for me and I will pay for it everytime (unless I am so tired I plan on sleeping the entire flight, i.e. After CES).
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