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Walt Mossberg Reviews GoGo In-Flight Wi-Fi (Verdict: Fast, But Not Fast Enough)

Walt just tested GoGo, the in-flight Wi-Fi service, on a bunch of laptops and smartphones during a flight from San Francisco to Denver. The service distributes, via Wi-Fi, a high speed cellphone data signal pointed at airplanes, which Mossy rated at around 600kbps down and 250kbps up. This was quick enough for Walt to browse the web, send emails with iPhone rumor attachments, and talk on IM to his ladies, but it couldn't keep up with streaming video on Xtube Hulu. Also, VoIP is blocked, and cell calls aren't possible either. Still, Mossy thought it did well enough for someone who can't stay off the grid for a few hours. GoGo costs $10 for flights under three hours, and $13 for longer ones. It'll begin rolling out in the next few weeks on American Airlines, with Virgin soon to follow. [AllThingsD]

11:18 AM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Benny Goldman
1,241 views, 15 comments

Latest by n/a: First company that comes out with an ADD paid service (so it's free to the customer) that does not block video and voice calls will untimatelly win the race. We all stand the banner adds in the web... millions of people more »

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Gogo To Bring In-Flight Wi-Fi By Spring; We Can't Wait

We already knew that Virgin America and American Airlines were planning to bring in-flight wi-fi in 2008, but we seriously didn't expect it be ready by spring. Aircell has just launched its US in-flight wi-fi service called "gogo" and they claim it will be available in the first half of 2008. Virgin America and American Airlines have both signed on to use gogo but it looks like Virgin America is the only airline taking the service seriously. More »

4:05 PM on Thu Mar 13 2008
By Christopher Mascari
2,342 views, 15 comments

Latest by SneakerFiend: How many people are actually going to be willing to pay the 10 dollars??? If the 2MBs is for share then thats not bad because it will be shared with appx. 4 people giving a 400kbps download speed which is not more »