Expanded In-flight Wi-Fi on Air Canada flights within North America
Nov 29, 2014, 9:41 am
#122
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Nov 29, 2014, 10:10 am
#123
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Does anybody have any data on how many aircraft have actually had wifi service installed and what the (new) date is for completion across the fleet? I haven't seen it once yet on any flight between YYC and YYZ.
Nov 29, 2014, 3:07 pm
#124
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Not one of any NA flights this year have I seen this or heard on-board announcements being made about its availability.
Nov 29, 2014, 4:29 pm
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Worth it! (but of course each person needs to make their own call).
70kbps is more than enough for imessage, email, flyertalk, looking up information online etc. It's just not going to be good if you want to do video, music etc.
70kbps is more than enough for imessage, email, flyertalk, looking up information online etc. It's just not going to be good if you want to do video, music etc.
Nov 29, 2014, 4:35 pm
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Probably best they keep it low at 70kbps to prevent pompous loudmouths (yeah, you know who you are...) from skyping out loud with complete disregard for common courtesy.
Nov 29, 2014, 4:55 pm
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Purely anecdotal, but I had it on one YYZ-YYC flight, so they are out there. Agreed it would be good to have some numbers, though!
Nov 29, 2014, 5:03 pm
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It seems as though the E190's are being retro-fitted fast and furious. I believe there are WiFi decals next to the entry door indicating conversion.
Nov 29, 2014, 6:11 pm
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Nov 29, 2014, 6:58 pm
#130
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Its a little more complicated than plugging in a couple or routers. AT least for United, its a 9 day process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsuvlmDWYuA
https://hub.united.com/en-us/news/pr...ite-wi-fi.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsuvlmDWYuA
https://hub.united.com/en-us/news/pr...ite-wi-fi.aspx
Dec 20, 2014, 6:02 pm
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WiFi seems to be getting better
Currently on AC189/FIN235 and experiencing the speediest wifi yet on AC. 
Sitting in J I have noticed at least four other people making regular use of wifi, not sure how many in Y are using it, but still impressed with both the download and upload speeds.
Sitting in J I have noticed at least four other people making regular use of wifi, not sure how many in Y are using it, but still impressed with both the download and upload speeds.
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Dec 20, 2014, 6:03 pm
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Currently on AC189/FIN235 and experiencing the speediest wifi yet on AC. Sitting in J I have noticed at least four other people making regular use of wifi, not sure how many in Y are using it, but still impressed with both the download and upload speeds.
http://nas.janex.com/ft/ac-ap/AC189-FIN235.png
Sitting in J I have noticed at least four other people making regular use of wifi, not sure how many in Y are using it, but still impressed with both the download and upload speeds. http://nas.janex.com/ft/ac-ap/AC189-FIN235.png
What was your download/upload speed?
Dec 20, 2014, 6:09 pm
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