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