Originally Posted by
transportprof
Interesting. I just got off a flight from YVR-SFO. Wi fi didn't work until the last 30 minutes of the flight, which gave about 10 minutes on my laptop until they started securing the cabin for landing. I don't recall this disclaimer about flying along the coast before. I don't expect it to work to Hawaii, or in Canada, but how far out to sea could we have been when flying alongside Washington, Oregon, and California?
Not sure whether it's worth an email to 1K Voice?
I've found it pretty bad along the gulf coast too. I don't really know why this is given the satellite basis and coverage thereof. I think United needs to hear about this. Wifi isn't cheap, and the unreliability is probably worse than having a chance at it at all.