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GoGo To Provide Improved Wi-Fi
Ryan Boyd March 02, 2016
passenger plane fly up over take-off runway from airport at sunset
In the wake American Airlines’ decision to drop the lawsuit filed against GoGo for providing what was deemed unacceptably slow Wi-Fi speeds, the in-flight Internet provider has announced plans to upgrade its connectivity and speed for travelers. AA’s lawsuit centered on a provision in its contract with GoGo that allowed AA the ability to leave the deal “if a competitor offers connectivity services that materially improve on the GoGo early generation air to ground system that American has chosen to use on certain fleets.” GoGo has announced that the new modem will increase aircraft Wi-Fi speeds up to 400 Mbps.
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Interesting, I always thought airlines stuck with GoGo because they had spent so much money to install it in the first place, and because there were so few providers. I didn't know they had contracts with GoGo to require the airlines to stick with GoGo. Now I see why their product is so terrible, and they've been in no rush to develop and implement their higher speed technologies. Because they had little incentive to do so.