AndyTLe

I took advantage of it when Verizon linked it to my cell phone.

I think the wifi will catch on and will become expected on airplanes.

DeltaWebDev

i used it on my most recent trip (ATL-PHL) on the way up. granted i only had about an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes to use it, but it was worth it. given the pricing of $50 for a month, if you do more than 4 legs in a month, its worth it.

AndyTLe

According to this post, the monthly wifi is $50. Which isn't bad if you fly the right routes a few times a month.

mooper

Schweet. That's a fair price for anyone who is going to use it 5+ times per month. I'll actually schedule more flights on equipped routes to take advantage of it so the plan will make sense for me.

SDQBound

Got the email today. $49.99 / Month (Special Introductory Price).

Link:
http://one.gogoinflight.com/content/0609_Campaign

SDQBound

It's Already out. I received a 25% discount on my next flight, as well as their introductory price for a 30 days pass.

http://one.gogoinflight.com/content/0609_Campaign

raehl311

As a computer engineer, let me call foul here.

Latency is irrelevant in media streaming. It matters a lot in gaming, and it matters a little bit in things like web pages (whether the page loads 'instantly' or takes a second), but does not matter in non-interactive tasks. Once you start the media stream, if the bandwidth is sufficient, it doesn't matter if the latency is 0.1 seconds or 15 seconds. (Well, I suppose it would matter if you're fast-forwarding/rewinding past your local buffer, but that's about it.)

3G bandwidth may or may not exceed wired bandwidth. It depends on the circumstances. I find that in most hotels, I get better bandwidth on 3G, especially at peak times of the day, because the hotel's pipe isn't big enough for everyone in the hotel using WiFi. But it varies.

Also, the 3G experience is pretty standard - doesn't force me to have to navigate through each hotel's individual wifi landing page.

And, 3G is more secure, since it doesn't have you trying to connect to open access points, which may or may not be the access point you think you're getting.

pbarnette

Too bad that the "unlimited" option is only for a single carrier.

jfulcher

I don't see many people dumping wired data connections for wireless 3G/4G ones. I may add that on, but the latency on these wireless cell data networks is horrid and there is no way any time in the short term they are going to catch up with the 50Mbit down/10Mbit up I get on my home internet connection!

jfulcher

That's an introductory price. I'd like to see them team up with one of the paid WIFI providers to give us wifi in other places and then I might bite.

mooper

You are correct that not many (except those who use it more when they travel than at home, or those without good wired options at home) will dump wired for 3G wireless. 4G, however, is an entirely different story. It is just beginning rollout and will take a few years to be widespread, but once it is, the speeds will be more than sufficient to replace fast wired connections like your own. *Some* users will want or need every drop they can get, and wired connections (especially fiber) might remain the best source for it, but the vast majority of users wouldn't notice the tiny latency of 4G nor miiss a few MB of speed once they are into the dozens.

bwhite

That would depend on the application. Sling for example is not very tolerant to changes in latency (aka jitter) that is common place on today's 3G networks. It also does not feature an endless buffer size like youtube permits. Even sling running to my blackberry which uses a low bandwidth profile over 3G seldomely works without numerous freezes and stutter. So I would offer that latency characteristics of a network are important to media streaming.

bwhite

Just my luck - last month 14 MD88 flights but no monthly plan, this month, few MD88 legs, lots of 737, 757 and 767 which means low probability of GoGo.

Glad to see it is for 720 continuous hours (30 days) from first use rather than a calendar month. Too bad the plan is restircted to one airline.

mooper

I use a 3G connection (Verizon EvDO Rev A) on a daily basis to stream a video news feed via Slingbox. Jitter is extremely rare, as the buffer more than sufficiently handles any burps. Could be a function of your device or perhaps a less than ideal 3G connection.

bwhite

I know there has been some concern raised over streaming video and potential impact to everyone's experience. Looks like they have that covered in their QoS policy: