Delta Rolling Out in-Air Wi-Fi on Some Flights
Delta Rolling Out in-Air Wi-Fi on Some Flights
Posted 12/16/2008 at 1:22pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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Starting today, any clientele of Delta Airlines that choose to fly between New York, Boston and Washington D.C. will be treated to the option of in-flight Internet.
The sky-fi (see what I did there?) will run those on flights under three hours $9.95 for the entirety of the flight. Any flights that go over three hours will cost you an additional three buckaroos, bringing the grand total to $12.95.
It’s expected that the feature will be available in all flights (including on Delta’s merger partner, Northwest Airlines) on May 31, 2009. The technology is slated to be brought on board by IBM, HP, Dell and newcomer Super Micro.
Thankfully, this should provide a nice alternative to watching V for Vandetta three times in a row (it loses its edge after the first time) because the rest of the movies are terrible choices. Now, you can just browse your favorite sites, like Maximum PC!
Image Credit: eWeek (mostly)
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Victek
July 06, 2010 at 7:10pm
I just flew Delta and WiFi was available for $12.95. I thought about it, but since it wasn't possible to plug in my laptop in "coach" there wasn't much point. I would have only been able to use the service for about 90 minutes. There were other better alternatives IMHO. Each seat had an LCD screen offering up a large selection of free music and some free TV as well. Regarding the comment about cell phone use in planes I sincerely hope this is NEVER permitted. It is hard enough sharing such a small space with so many mostly quiet people. If would be horrible to have to listen to cell phone conversations during the flight.
Grashopper
December 17, 2008 at 6:25am
Or, just use a Firefox extension like "ReadItLater" for some offline browsing.
Keith E. Whisman
December 16, 2008 at 2:16pm
BTW that girl in the pic I bet she is a member of the mile high club several times over.. Has to be.
Keith E. Whisman
December 16, 2008 at 1:47pm
The real question is this for every customer on the plane or just first class customers? And now we are just waiting for the ok to use cell phones on the airplane. I mean the only reason why you can't use the cell phone is because they want you to pay through the nose to use their phone.
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