WiFi
Feb 12, 2012 | 10:26 am
#16
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MKE
Programs: Delta Skymiles, Frontier EarlyReturns Summit
Posts: 766
I remember using gogo once about a year ago on a different carrier, but I had my first experience with it tonight on my flight from Denver to Provo. Rather than connect with my laptop, I connected with my HTC Sensation (yes, I had wi-fi on, but my actual cellular signal turned off). Connecting was pretty painless, but the speed wasn't fast enough for me to do anything beyond basic web surfing. I couldn't pull up youtube videos and definitely couldn't do Hulu+. The Facebook app for Android worked, but was pretty slow.
Ultimately, it was fun to tweet from thousands of feet up, but short of checking headlines and an email or two, it just wasn't a good enough service that I would consider paying for it. Considering how slow the network was, I'd definitely think twice before connecting my laptop to a vpn to try to get actual work done on a flight.
Ultimately, it was fun to tweet from thousands of feet up, but short of checking headlines and an email or two, it just wasn't a good enough service that I would consider paying for it. Considering how slow the network was, I'd definitely think twice before connecting my laptop to a vpn to try to get actual work done on a flight.
Feb 13, 2012 | 3:25 pm
#17
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Have Amex, will travel...
Programs: HHonors Gold
Posts: 91
I haven't used it since last year (I got a free six-month membership with the phone I had at the time, but only flew twice on an airline that offered it - I even got a foursquare badge for "checking in" from 30k feet), so I can't really compare the speeds. I don't use Pandora, but I was able to stream music via Google Music with it.
Feb 13, 2012 | 3:42 pm
#18
Original Poster
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,653
Took advantage of the 30 minutes free today on MKE-MCI, but I never got a warning that my time was expiring. So when I clicked submit to post what I had been writing, no luck.
I had been on the same screen for awhile and perhaps you only get a warning when you send/receive information, say, starting at 25 minutes in. But I was just typing on a static page over the 30 minute mark (apparently) and got a rude surprise.
I had been on the same screen for awhile and perhaps you only get a warning when you send/receive information, say, starting at 25 minutes in. But I was just typing on a static page over the 30 minute mark (apparently) and got a rude surprise.
Feb 27, 2012 | 3:56 pm
#19
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Have Amex, will travel...
Programs: HHonors Gold
Posts: 91
Update!
Tried it again on my flight last week from Denver to Provo. It was actually fast enough for me to stream Hulu+ on my phone and the gentleman in front of me was streaming Netflix on his iPad 2. Both of us crapped out, however, when we started getting deeper over the mountains.