Delta is still stubbornly refusing to adopt Starlink.
replyI've got status with them and have started booking with other airlines b/c it doesn't matter how nice the seats are if you can't get any work done. Most airline revenue comes from business flights, I don't think they realize how important this is to their customer base.
Airplanes are one of the places I feel happily disconnected from being online. Never used in-flight WiFi even when my company would have paid for it.
replyStarlink failed it's Delta Demo.
replyThe article is online.
Delta uses Viasat and has been rolling out free wi-fi on more and more of their planes. Is it not usable?
replyIt’s pretty good, but the latency is inherently high since Viasat is in GEO.
replyIt could just be the ESPN/gym membership/AAA business model. $ from every single passenger is more revenue than $$ from just those who click buy.
reply> Nobody wants their brand associated with price gouging and half-broken in-flight credit card payment portals
replyThe airlines have no problem with this. T-mobile has no problem with it either.
Nobody had a problem with flip phones that play snake or Blackberry physical keyboards until the iPhone was demonstrated, and then nobody could conceive of ever going back (except in niche cases, e.g. journalists loved those keyboards)
replyT-Mobile also offers free Wifi on airplanes.
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