Originally Posted by
magiciansampras
While this is true, about North America, LH had a similar service for awhile and dumped it quickly because 1) it didn't work well and 2) customer comments were very similar to the ones here (i.e. yahoo mail and text messaging isn't all that exciting).
It'll be interesting to see if B6 does better with it. I remain skeptical that people will pay for services other than regular internet access.
LH and SQ both had the service. It worked very well- I used it on a weekly basis- except in the Southern Hempisphere (Below about Singapore the service dropped out). The CEO of LH commented that they were experiencing a rise in both Business and First customers directly as a result of the service. The service was actually run by Boeing (it was called Connexion)- apparently it was a decision by Boeing to discontinue the service. It also worked on competitors planes FYI (Airbus). The cost was 29.99 USD for 24 hours- or I believe 9.95 for an hour? Someone can correct me on the pricing. It was full internet access- you could also tunnel to your vpn if you wanted corporate access at no extra charge. Congratulations to B6 on starting this- some innovation in the US skies
