Free Wi-Fi On Planes this Holiday Season
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
With the holidays approaching many people will be traveling to see family and friends. A lot of people will be away from work and school for a period of time. For some people it is difficult to be distant from technology for less than an hour.
Since people take off work to travel for Christmas time it is nice to be able to catch up on work. What better place to do it then while on a plane where no one is really bother you and everyone is in there own world.
Google is aware of this and is offering free Wi-Fi to travelers for three different Airlines. Those three airlines are Delta, AirTran, and Virgin America. Virgin America was the only one to participate in this promotion by Google.
This year's three choices were picked to partner with the Google promotion because they have added the Gogo wireless technology to the entire fleet of planes.
Gogo the most used in-flight wireless provider in the US. Which means a lot of people during the Holidays will be taking advantage. Over 700 planes will have this feature. Which means around 15 million people will take advantage of it.
This is a great advancement in technology. Just think of a timeline of where we have come from back then to today.
Since people take off work to travel for Christmas time it is nice to be able to catch up on work. What better place to do it then while on a plane where no one is really bother you and everyone is in there own world.
Google is aware of this and is offering free Wi-Fi to travelers for three different Airlines. Those three airlines are Delta, AirTran, and Virgin America. Virgin America was the only one to participate in this promotion by Google.
This year's three choices were picked to partner with the Google promotion because they have added the Gogo wireless technology to the entire fleet of planes.
Gogo the most used in-flight wireless provider in the US. Which means a lot of people during the Holidays will be taking advantage. Over 700 planes will have this feature. Which means around 15 million people will take advantage of it.
This is a great advancement in technology. Just think of a timeline of where we have come from back then to today.
The capabilities of the Internet are unrealistic. Who would ever think that on their way to Florida they could be watching YouTube videos or watching a missed television program. 
I feel a lot of people will want to take part in this because a lot of people have Internet capable devices besides computers. To be able to say you were on the Internet while be 30 plus miles in the air would be awesome. The statuses like , " Just flew over the Pacific Ocean" how fun would that be.
This will be a huge success for these airlines. Potentially even swaying travelers to pick their airline over the ones that do not have the free Wi-Fi capability.
I feel a lot of people will want to take part in this because a lot of people have Internet capable devices besides computers. To be able to say you were on the Internet while be 30 plus miles in the air would be awesome. The statuses like , " Just flew over the Pacific Ocean" how fun would that be.
This will be a huge success for these airlines. Potentially even swaying travelers to pick their airline over the ones that do not have the free Wi-Fi capability.
5 comments:
I was on a plane over the summer that offered Wi-Fi, only to discover that lovely sticker price that came along with it. However, I was able to survive the whole two hours I was on the plane without internet. Because of that, this does sound like a good promotion to me.
The only thing I wonder about is how allowing everyone to access the internet (as I'm assuming most people don't want to pay the outrageous price for it during a flight) will not mess with the air system. Phones are not allowed, but Wi-Fi enabled devices are? I assume that they have thought of this, I just find that an interesting possible set back.
Overall, this does sound like a good idea.
I think this is a great idea and if people want it bad enough they'll spend the money for it. Just like when you could buy or rent headphones to watch movies on planes you can now buy internet.
I'm also curious to how this is possible without screwing up the plane's signals or whatever you can't use phones because of.
I was also wondering how this works in conjunction with the airplane's signal, but I'm sure they've worked something out.
I think that's a really great way for people to communicate or do business even while they're traveling.
It seems that Google has taken many steps lately to get more people using their products (instant search online and on cell phones) and this appears to be another way they are getting their name out there, especially since it's over the holiday season when so many people will be flying.
I personally was wondering the same thing and would have to do some research on it. Becaue I agree I feel like it would mess up signals too. But I guess it has worked so far!
It is just nice that they are doing it for free because it gives people the chance to experience it or just be able to say they were on the internet on a plane.
So after the promotion is up I am curious to see if people will still want to use the Wi-Fi since it is available even if they have to pay.
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