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Nobody wants their brand associated with price gouging and half-broken in-flight credit card payment portals, and Starlink is better enough than any alternative
by bpodgursky 7mo ago
Nobody wants their brand associated with price gouging and half-broken in-flight credit card payment portals, and Starlink is better enough than any alternative that they can play hardball with airlines.
- light_hue_1 7mo ago> Nobody wants their brand associated with price gouging and half-broken in-flight credit card payment portals The airlines have no problem with this. T-mobile has no problem with it either.
- unsupp0rted 7mo agoNobody had a problem with flip phones that play snake or Blackberry physical keyboards until the iPhone was demonstrated, and then nobody could conceive of ever going back (except in niche cases, e.g. journalists loved those keyboards)
- SR2Z 7mo agoT-Mobile also offers free Wifi on airplanes.
- raw_anon_1111 7mo agoOnly if the airplane uses much slower ground based Gogo (?). I use it every now and then when taking the 45 minute flight from ATL to my parents home in South GA
- oceanplexian 7mo agoDelta is still stubbornly refusing to adopt Starlink. I've got status with them and have started booking with other airlines b/c it doesn't matter how nice the seats are if you can't get any work done. Most airline revenue comes from business flights, I don't think they realize how important this is to their customer base.
- thinkling 7mo agoDelta uses Viasat and has been rolling out free wi-fi on more and more of their planes. Is it not usable?
- inemesitaffia 7mo agoStarlink failed it's Delta Demo. The article is online.
- ghaff 7mo agoAirplanes are one of the places I feel happily disconnected from being online. Never used in-flight WiFi even when my company would have paid for it.
- scottyah 7mo agoIt's probably what the UA CEO was talking about, trying to get competitors to sign contracts with other providers. Viasat was hot stuff for a long time, wouldn't be surprised if there's a noncompete preventing the change.
- raw_anon_1111 7mo agoDelta has had high speed internet for years on their flights. I’m Platinum Medallion
- supertrope 7mo agoIt could just be the ESPN/gym membership/AAA business model. $ from every single passenger is more revenue than $$ from just those who click buy.