Caboose

May 22, 2009 at 2:05pm

 I can't wait until companies like Westjet and Air Canada start doing this, it'll make all of those really long flights much easier!

 

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jcollins

May 22, 2009 at 5:50am

I was on a cross country flight on Virgin America recently (so more than 5 hours).   The WiFi was fairly quick for browsing, YouTube, and IM. But I don't know how many other people were using it on the plane.  I imagine it could be saturated if everyone was using it.

In terms of entertainment on the plane, there were no free movies.  They were all 8 bucks each.  So a few bucks more to feed the internet addiction vs a 2 hour movie for 8 bucks.  I thought it was worthwhile.   You could watch the DirectTV feeds for regular TV shows for free, but it really depends on if anything was on at the time you were flying.

KaylaKaze

May 21, 2009 at 10:25pm

It's hard to think of $13 being a beefy charge when the airlines are already screwing you out of so much more.

jpbeme

May 21, 2009 at 10:05pm

Not all that big of a deal when you compare them to all the other airlines installing wifi on their aircraft.  Virgin is a small player with only 30 planes.  So, of course it's going to take other airlines like Southwest and Alaska a little longer.  From what I have seen, the technology Virgin is using is inferior.

swivvle

May 21, 2009 at 4:49pm

Do they have a ban on VOIP usage?  I hope so!

Imagine somebody sitting next to you on a 10 hour flight yapping away on skype.

Pylon

May 21, 2009 at 3:49pm

Nah, a window and a view is all I need for my in flight entertainment.