$30 for 6 hours of broadband ?

[AFB]

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Would you do it ?

 

[Corporate Thug]

if i were a businesman and need internet access, yes

 

[JMaster]

that's almost as ridiculous as starbucks charging 30 bucks a month for their wi-fi network.

 

[kranky]

I'm surprised the prices are as low as they are, considering it's for service on an airplane. Do you know what they charge for telephone calls from an airplane?

 

[OrganizedChaos]

this is a good deal if it requires satelite time, that stuff is always expensive.

 

[tarheelmm]

Well considering the hotels charge between $10 and $15 for 24 hour wired access, I dont think its that bad.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: shady06
if i needed internet access, yes

Fixed.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: shady06
if i needed internet access, yes

Fixed.

LOL, in that case i would do it right now

 

[iamwiz82]

Yes I would.

I find it interesting that they are offering this, however American Airlines still has this paranoia regarding wifi cards on planes causing massive electrical failures. They even informed me that they no longer allow GPS devices on their planes.

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Yes I would. I find it interesting that they are offering this, however American Airlines still has this paranoia regarding wifi cards on planes causing massive electrical failures. They even informed me that they no longer allow GPS devices on their planes.

Wonder why re: GPS. THey use it in every airplane themselves. :Q

 

[beer]

$30 for a transcontinetal flight? I'd do it. Assuming I had an outlet or something.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

That's gotta be some nasty lag.

- M4H

 

[Homerboy]

"for unlimited usage on flights longer than six hours."
Man if you've ever flow over seas, or do it regularly thats a damn DEAL!
Killing 10+ hrs of flight time can get tough... you can only watch so many reruns of Frasier.

Thats a deal and a half IMHO. Go post in Hot Deals!

 

[rh71]

If my company had no problem paying, I have no problem playing.

If it were a trip to Asia, I'd do it in a heartbeat out of my own pocket. That's a LONG-ASS flight.

 

[dr150]

I think its great! It's a decent price. I'd do it.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
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Would you do it ?

Hell ya I would! I look at it this way...I'm on vacation, and surfing the net for 4-6hrs would make the flight time go by in the blink of an eye. Sh!t, I'm goign to Vegas and they are charging $75-100 per person for show tickets! And how long are the shows, 1hr? I find $30 for 6hrs worth of entertainment pretty damn reasonable.

 

[tcsenter]

Yeah, I would say that's a bargain since you could also make your voice calls over that. 5Mbps @ 35,000 ft? Damn that's pretty good, really. Plus, this is a first-offering kind of thing, once more carriers get their systems running the prices will decrease.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Yeah, I would say that's a bargain since you could also make your voice calls over that. 5Mbps @ 35,000 ft? Damn that's pretty good, really. Plus, this is a first-offering kind of thing, once more carriers get their systems running the prices will decrease.

DAMN, I didn't read the bandwidth they were planning to offer! 5Mbps down, 1Mbps up?!! Man, I can queue up some bit torrents for ondemand movies!

 

[SoyBoy004]

Originally posted by: JMaster
that's almost as ridiculous as starbucks charging 30 bucks a month for their wi-fi network.

30? oh i thought it was $40 a month...

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: tarheelmm
Well considering the hotels charge between $10 and $15 for 24 hour wired access, I dont think its that bad.

not in the Holiday Inns i have stayed in. It was free, just had to check out a wifi card from the front desk.

 

[Fiveohhh]

I'd spend it on a long flight... unless it was a red eye and I'd be sleeping most of it anyway

 

[trmiv]

I'd do it for a long flight. When I flew to new zealand once, 14 hours, it was tough.

 

[ChinamanatNCSU]

Originally posted by: rh71
If it were a trip to Asia, I'd do it in a heartbeat out of my own pocket. That's a LONG-ASS flight.

Agreed.

 

[Kelemvor]

Nothing else to do on a flight so Maybe. But it's only in Germany in April. No mention of a US airline carrying it.

 

[notfred]

I would pay that in a heartbeat, anything to get out of the utter boredom of long plane flights.