Miles & More (Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss, and other partners) - Internet onboard is fast.

Hi!

I am currently onboard flight from FRA to IAD on LH. They let me try new Internet service (Connexion) as a *G customer (I am UA *G). It is amazing how fast this satellite connection is. It seems that the plane has cache server but even when I connect to far-reaching places (I tried Mongolia, Bhutan, and others), connection speed was excellent. I have asked nice technical assistant lady how they connect, she told me that inside the plane, they use IEEE802.11b (I did not know that we do not have to turn off the Wi-Fi signal on-board).

Although LH's Seat (I am on Econ now) is nothing to bragg about (IMHO), this new service is extremely nice.

Though I am a bit fearfull for the day when we all have to answer e-mails on-board http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

BT has a new review of BA's and LH's internet Connexion by Boeing test trial available:

http://www.businesstraveller.com/tried_and_tested/full_story.epml?tried_and_tested.REF=336

Cool... Ive been wanting to try this service ever since it was launched, but I havent been on the IAD run. Any updates on when this service will be extended to the other LH loung haul flights...?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Gaucho100K:
Cool... Ive been wanting to try this service ever since it was launched, but I havent been on the IAD run. Any updates on when this service will be extended to the other LH loung haul flights...?</font>


They announced it for 2004.