Highlife Connect (Inflight Wi-Fi)
Dec 2, 2016, 6:43 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, UK
Posts: 5,655
Jan 27, 2017, 2:16 am
#19
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Flatland
Programs: AA Lifetime Gold 1MM, BA Gold, UA Peon
Posts: 6,110
Apart from a power bank, the battery life of some devices is quite long these days. My iPad will do web browsing or document and book reading for 8-10 hours, some phones last several hours of web browsing or lightweight app usage, even my laptop runs for over 3 hours doing lightweight tasks (acting as a data terminal to the Internet). While I do carry a small power bank, I don't use it very much on aircraft; it's mostly there as a backup for when some app goes amok and drains my phone battery.
Apr 26, 2017, 4:40 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 313
This was trialled on an aircraft I was on recently. It was quite impressive and allowed me to watch YouTube, although I don't know how many people were connected. I can't remember the cost breakdown but I think it was around 29 usd for the entire flight.
Apr 26, 2017, 4:51 am
#21
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Balham - Gateway to The South
Programs: BA Bronze
Posts: 2,020
Just a question, I was on G-CIVV on 6th April - no sign of WiFi mentioned on IFE.
If this aircraft has been fitted with the hardware I would have thought BA would have been keen to make passengers aware of it - after all not everybody is an FTer....
If this aircraft has been fitted with the hardware I would have thought BA would have been keen to make passengers aware of it - after all not everybody is an FTer....
Apr 26, 2017, 5:12 am
#23
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Balham - Gateway to The South
Programs: BA Bronze
Posts: 2,020
Hopefully someone will share a price plan if they come across it - or perhaps they are trialling it with a few 'hand selected' passengers.
Apr 26, 2017, 6:17 am
#24
Ambassador: Emirates Airlines
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 18,612
Apr 26, 2017, 6:38 am
#25
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 131
I was on a morning flight back from JFK away back in July 2015 and they were trialing wifi on it. Can't remember which 747 it was. The connection was via a T-Mobile service based in Germany and the cost was £10 for 24 hours access.
Going over the Atlantic it was terrible. Barely enough to browse social media or get emails. It did help pass some time and allow a bit of work to be done... slowly.
Going over the Atlantic it was terrible. Barely enough to browse social media or get emails. It did help pass some time and allow a bit of work to be done... slowly.
Jul 4, 2017, 3:09 am
#28
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: BA Blue, EI Silver, Honours Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,209
I understand the A380, 787 and Super-Hi J 744s already have the system installed, it just needs to be switched on, possibly the 77Ws too. So a relatively high proportion of the fleet should be good to go on day one.