In-flight Wi-Fi experience
Jan 18, 2012, 9:49 am
#31
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: LAX/SMF/PDX/HNL
Programs: Hilton-lifetime diamond, Southwest A+, companion pass
Posts: 1,749
This mirrors my experience.
Jan 18, 2012, 11:44 am
#33
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: BNA
Programs: WN A-List Preferred/CP, HH Diamond
Posts: 39
I have flown 8 segments in the past month and a half, 6 of those segments had wifi, one didn't have announcement or sticker. All have worked, but I have noticed a severe slow down in the speed.
Jan 18, 2012, 2:58 pm
#34
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Nashville, TN
Programs: WN Nothing and spending the half million points from too many flights, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 8,043
I would be happy with 10% for now. Beats the heck out of the 0% in the last 20 or so planes I have been on.
Jan 24, 2012, 11:41 am
#35
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: USA - HNL, SEA, DEN, ORD, MCO, and all points inbetween
Programs: Way too many!
Posts: 1,188
Hope to find it more often
As a legacy T-Mobile subscriber, I value inflight WiFi. My T-Mobile number automatically transfers to WiFi seamlessly with Hotspot from T-Mobile. And I can make and receive calls just as if I were on the Cell network. GoGo blocks VOIP (the speed would probably be too slow anyway and the quality of the call would be horrific), but I can still TEXT, and many of my accounts/associates use Texting, so it's all good.
I can't wait until this is fleet-wide. As a few ops stated, 5% or 10% is so low, I am mostly surprised when I find it on SWA.
I can't wait until this is fleet-wide. As a few ops stated, 5% or 10% is so low, I am mostly surprised when I find it on SWA.
Jan 24, 2012, 11:55 am
#36
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
Finally had a wifi flight; only my 2nd since the rollout began. #2001, MDW-LAS, 1-19-12. It was sloooooooooow. The flight tracker is nice, but the map never updated unless I forced a refresh, and that took several seconds. I could read email and browse the web (with some lag) but videos would never play.
Jan 24, 2012, 12:05 pm
#37
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: AA EXP (owe), BA Silver (ows), AB Silver (owr), WN A+/CP, IHG Spire AMB, Avis First
Posts: 1,414
Finally had a wifi flight; only my 2nd since the rollout began. #2001, MDW-LAS, 1-19-12. It was sloooooooooow. The flight tracker is nice, but the map never updated unless I forced a refresh, and that took several seconds. I could read email and browse the web (with some lag) but videos would never play.
Jan 24, 2012, 12:08 pm
#38
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,286
I took a walk from my seat in row 9 to the restroom in the back of the plane, and I only saw 5-4 laptops that looked like they could have been online... so I don't think it was because too many people were online on my particular flight.
Jan 24, 2012, 12:23 pm
#39
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 259
First flight this year and both planes had wifi. (2 segments each way but same plane). Played around with the SW website which was very slow and the tracker won't update. Definitely not worth the $5 for a 40 minute movie. I did notice that the same routes for both planes. AUS-ELP-ABQ-DEN-MDW on the way out and MDW-DEN-ABQ-ELP-AUS on the way back.