by Bill Sewell 06/01/09
Gogoinflight connection, Batman!
This is my first time using an internet connection at 35,000 feet. It’s a little steep at $12.95 for 3 hours (I watched Grand Torino before logging on), but it’s way cooler than placing $4 phone calls from the plane. Of course, I’m doing this for the novelty, not because I need to, ahem, check Facebook, Twitter, email or IM 
What’s a geek to do with this newfangled technology? First (of course) is the silly “I can’t believe I’m twittering / Facebook-ing at 35,000 feet” messages. Next is firing up the Wiredrive speed test to see what kind of performance we are getting.
Wiredrive LA Server
ping 174mm
download – 1024 Mbps
upload – 231 kpbs
Wiredrive CDN
ping 86ms
download – 1874 kbps
upload – 241 kpbs
Honestly, those are pretty amazing speeds for the first time out. I now need to revise part of my sales pitch, i.e. sending a video presentation to an agency exec before she gets onto the flight. Hmmmm…..
Regards,
Bill