Originally Posted by
Leezell
Assume different equip? International birds normally have all entertainment free, while domestic ones will charge for HBO, movies, etc in coach.
This. If you happened to get an int'l equip on a domestic route, the IFE was just left on the int'l settings that allow more free options in Y.
Think of it as a (rather good) tradeoff for generally not having wifi on these planes.
A bit OT - I'm as used to the horrid gogo speeds as the next guy, but bought a 30 min session on a SkyWest flight last week as I really needed to get some emails out before COB. The speed was actually quite impressive for gogo - IIRC in the 1.5mbps range both up and down.