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Old Oct 19, 2013, 10:38 am
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Motley Fool says WN has the best wi-fi
http://www.fool.com/investing/genera...est-wi-fi.aspx

Hahahaha. Now you probably can guess my opinion of "analysts."
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Old Oct 19, 2013, 10:56 am
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They clearly have never actually used Southwest's wifi.
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Old Oct 19, 2013, 11:59 am
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Or they have never used another airlines wi-fi
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Old Oct 19, 2013, 12:09 pm
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My experience with WN Wi-Fi has improved from unusable to just bad. As an A+, it's free but I'd be upset if I paid.

After using Lufthansa wi-fi from JFK-DXB, it lets me know how good airline wi-fi can be.
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Old Oct 19, 2013, 12:43 pm
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Just boarded flight 1347 SJC-AUS. Received email it would have WiFi but it does not. I would rather not receive email in future. Had I known, I would have downloaded some podcasts for this 3 hour flight.
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Old Oct 21, 2013, 6:43 pm
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It worked OK MDW-LAS, with one not-so-small caveat. You could buy the session as soon as we cleared 10,000 feet, but it was only about an hour later that the free connection for A+ worked.
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Old Oct 21, 2013, 6:48 pm
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Originally Posted by gogreyhound
It worked OK MDW-LAS, with one not-so-small caveat. You could buy the session as soon as we cleared 10,000 feet, but it was only about an hour later that the free connection for A+ worked.
I'm sensing that there may only be so many ports. Recent flight from EWR-PHX I wasn't able to get on for several hours - then it starts working...and I notice some of those around me were no longer online.
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Old Oct 22, 2013, 6:34 pm
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Read the article. Their criteria for "best" Wi-Fi seems to be:
% of planes equipped with WiFi
ground-based or satellite
cost

Didn't measure speed, reliability, or customer satisfaction anywhere, all of which are areas where WN's wi-fi is sorely, sorely lacking.
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