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Starting? Like ten years ago they started and now it's in nearly every plane.
by tzakrajs 9y ago
Starting? Like ten years ago they started and now it's in nearly every plane.
- sova 9y agoReally depends on: country, airline, price range you are willing to part with on amenities. Typically the Wifi costs extra, and most people are just trying to A-to-B it.
- maccard 9y agoI'm in Europe, and fly 4-5-6 times a year. It's only in the last 5 years that you're allowed have electronic devices turned on in planes here.
- mantas 9y agoHuh? I'm sure electronic devices were OK in Europe flights a decade+ ago...
- joeberon 9y agoYeah and you still get "told" to turn them off. Kind of a mixed signal of "put your electronics on airplane mode" and "switch off your electronics" where you're not sure which you're supposed to do. Really they don't care either way
- setzer22 9y agoOut of curiosity, why were electronic devices banned in planes on the first place? Is there any scientifical evidence either for or against it?
- coderholic 9y agoGreat article here: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130604-why-we-turn-devices-off-on-planes http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130604-why-we-turn-devices... Also good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phones_on_aircraft
- mk89 9y agoI think you are referring to take-off/landing parts of the flight. There is a reason behind that, AFAIK the airplane uses lots of sensors that these devices may interfere with, otherwise normally they are allowed.
- khedoros1 9y agoIn the flights I've taken in the past few years, I see wifi on about 1/3, and it's a fairly recent thing (a couple years, maybe). Obviously you're traveling on different planes than I am.
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- gambiting 9y agoI fly probably a 15-20 times a year and I've never been on a flight with wifi. I'm super curious what it's like though.
- manigandham 9y ago90% of the time it's like really bad coffee shop wifi unless you get a nice airline with ViaSat connections installed, then it's actually pretty good.
- copperx 9y agoGood enough to make calls via VoIP?
- manigandham 9y agoNo, these satellite connections have bad latency and VOIP traffic might be filtered out.