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I have the same flight stats and I have only had to ask for a refund once because it straight up didn’t work for most of the flight. Many airlines have very usa

by pb7 4y ago

I have the same flight stats and I have only had to ask for a refund once because it straight up didn’t work for most of the flight. Many airlines have very usable internet now, some even for free (jetBlue).

sebzim4500 4y ago
It depends a lot where you fly. In my experience, flying over Europe means the internet will almost certainly be spotty at best, whereas flying over the US means that it will probably work well enough to be useful.
ezfe 4y ago
I fly jetBlue a fair amount and the free Wi-Fi is a joke
- pb7 4y ago
  It must have gone downhill since my last flight with them. I vividly remember getting something like 18 Mbps in a speed test and was shocked that they were giving it away. This article from 2017 confirms that it was 15 Mbps at one time: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-airline-wifi-20171223-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-airl... It looks like they have since reduced the free tier to less than 1 Mbps and added a paid option that allows you to stream video.
  - bobdvb 4y ago
    It makes sense, if everyone streams then it'll create significant congestion once awareness rises due to people trying to use Netflix/Hulu/Disney+ etc. Better to offer people a free tier to allow folk to WhatsApp, FB, tweet, whatever and effectively manage the bulk of traffic through the paid tier.
- ridgered4 4y ago
  I recently flew across country with jetblue and since I haven't flown in over 10 years I appreciated the wifi. However, I found I couldn't stream a music video on my phone without buffering. Fortunately if I turned off the video the music played fine. It was OK for reading hacker news and the like. On the return flight it just didn't even work. Fortunately, I'd had newpipe download some content before we left.

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I have the same flight stats and I have only had to ask for a refund once because it straight up didn’t work for most of the flight. Many airlines have very usa

by pb7 4y ago

sebzim4500 4y ago
It depends a lot where you fly. In my experience, flying over Europe means the internet will almost certainly be spotty at best, whereas flying over the US means that it will probably work well enough to be useful.
ezfe 4y ago
I fly jetBlue a fair amount and the free Wi-Fi is a joke
- pb7 4y ago
  It must have gone downhill since my last flight with them. I vividly remember getting something like 18 Mbps in a speed test and was shocked that they were giving it away. This article from 2017 confirms that it was 15 Mbps at one time: https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-airline-wifi-20171223-story.html https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase-airl... It looks like they have since reduced the free tier to less than 1 Mbps and added a paid option that allows you to stream video.
  - bobdvb 4y ago
    It makes sense, if everyone streams then it'll create significant congestion once awareness rises due to people trying to use Netflix/Hulu/Disney+ etc. Better to offer people a free tier to allow folk to WhatsApp, FB, tweet, whatever and effectively manage the bulk of traffic through the paid tier.
- ridgered4 4y ago
  I recently flew across country with jetblue and since I haven't flown in over 10 years I appreciated the wifi. However, I found I couldn't stream a music video on my phone without buffering. Fortunately if I turned off the video the music played fine. It was OK for reading hacker news and the like. On the return flight it just didn't even work. Fortunately, I'd had newpipe download some content before we left.