I think there were a couple of reports earlier about Signal working on free WiFi, but definitely wasn't working for me on a 7M8 today. Couldn't send or receive messages.
Originally Posted by
canadiancow
I've had 8+ hour flights where I "only" used wifi for a few minutes to send/receive messages, but I'd still be pissed if I couldn't do that in 2025.
I've had other long flights where I'd already seen all the interesting content on IFE, and instead watched Netflix for 6 hours. I'd be even more pissed if I couldn't do that.
I'm not saying I liked it, and I'm on the record numerous times in this thread and its predecessor criticizing AC for its amateurish WiFi roll-out and willingness to put planes in service for extended periods of time without WiFi.
What I'm saying is that because the flight left so late at night, this didn't end up impacting me nearly as much as I had thought it might. On a daytime flight like FRA-YYC (if it were ever to come back), I'd be extremely unhappy with no WiFi. In this case, I was only somewhat unhappy.