Originally Posted by
stewaran
any rough idea on the timescale of the wifi rollout?
In the next few months, hopefully. It's a legal tussle at the moment thanks to inter-company rivalry, more details in the main wifi thread in the Dashboard.
If you are sat by the window and have a good quality mobile phone, Google maps will work (and some specialist flight map Apps) in flight-safe mode, by processing the GSM signal. 787 services are too heavily shielded, in my experience, however.