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Old Nov 4, 2017, 12:47 pm
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In flight wifi

Hi all. Am currently trialling the ANZ in flight WiFi from over the Pacific.
Works well on all apps, websites and email so far. Good speed (~3g rate).
Guy setting it up says likely to roll out early next year. Well done
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Old Nov 4, 2017, 1:35 pm
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Thanks for the update.

Does it work with VPNs? This would be an essential requirement for a lot of people to be able to use it for work related tasks, however at the same time it could be used for people to be able to bypass blocks on VOIP applications like Facetime / Skype, etc.
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Old Nov 4, 2017, 1:48 pm
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My next flight to the US is on NYE so I'm hoping for one of the 77W's with WiFi - which by then will be 3 out of the 7.
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Old Nov 4, 2017, 3:00 pm
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No- Didn't try VPNs but agree that could be useful.
They are blocking VOIP services, netflix etc.. although I got Youtube and embedded videos to work.
What's app worked well.
Viber too (but not images).
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 1:30 am
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Old Nov 5, 2017, 8:06 am
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Originally Posted by Trumpkin
Thanks for the update.

Does it work with VPNs? This would be an essential requirement for a lot of people to be able to use it for work related tasks, however at the same time it could be used for people to be able to bypass blocks on VOIP applications like Facetime / Skype, etc.
They could easily set a hard limit for bandwidth if that's a concern.
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Old Nov 7, 2017, 10:05 am
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Mine dropped out quite a bit and was really annoying having to log back in all the time, but Im sure they'll sort! Wonder if we were on the same flight?
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Old Nov 10, 2017, 5:47 am
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Currently using it on NZ1, wifi free flight but thought I’d look, few people have been given tester cards too by the looks.
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Old Nov 10, 2017, 7:16 am
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Wifi

Is WiFi on all the 777?
even TT?
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Old Nov 10, 2017, 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by Beano
Is WiFi on all the 777?
even TT?
It's currently on 2x 77W aircraft which are mentioned in the other bigger thread about WiFi.

It's on all routes they fly.
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Old Nov 10, 2017, 3:49 pm
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Was on NZ001 last week and received a card for the wifi--not sure why other in BP didn't receive one.

In the end it didn't matter, the wifi was down the whole flight.
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Old Nov 11, 2017, 9:56 am
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Originally Posted by Beano
Is WiFi on all the 777?
even TT?
I was in J on NZ-OKP last Monday AKL-MEL and a select number of passengers were given test cards - the FSM was distributing these from the customer manifest printout so passengers had been preselected. I imagine this may have been at least in part based upon seat position to ensure coverage area ok.
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Old Nov 16, 2017, 11:07 pm
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Originally Posted by op487062
Was on NZ001 last week and received a card for the wifi--not sure why other in BP didn't receive one.

In the end it didn't matter, the wifi was down the whole flight.
I would have hoped that all passengers in J class would get it for free.

Personally I quite like NOT having wifi on trans-pacific flights. I can have several hours of R&R when I am not contactable no matter how urgent people think something is.
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Old Nov 23, 2017, 12:05 pm
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used on and off all night. Browsing and email ok - pretty slow, but useable. Doesn’t seem to like either of my two works Microsoft exchange servers - keep getting ‘invalid security certificate’ message back from server.
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Old Dec 6, 2017, 4:44 am
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I'm on NZ6 this Saturday 9 Dec — anybody know if the aircraft is one of the ones with a wifi trial?
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