Air Canada inks deal with Aircell for in-flight WiFi
By Darren Murph 
posted Sep 10th 2008 6:25AM
posted Sep 10th 2008 6:25AM
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posted Sep 10th 2008 6:25AM
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"across its North American fleet" = next 50 years
if you actually travelled on air canada, you'll know you would get anything BUT the friendly skies...
they're just trying to distract us from the bad service!...
It fits with Air Canada's unofficial motto: "We're not happy 'till you're not happy"
-jp
I dont know why people complain so much about Air Canada. I rarely have problems when flying with them, however with other airlines I am not as fortunate. Untill you fly around the world you will not realise how much better the service is on Air Canada than most airlines.
WiFi is unstable and unreliable as it is - imagine paying to have it on the plane only to see the inevitable popup message that reads "... has limited or no connection."
Wi-Fi depends on what equipment your using - I have a D-Link DIR-655 router and an Intel 4965 chip in my laptop. The laptop maintains a steady 130Mbps (theoretical obviously) across my house, and my max ping in online gaming is 20ms.
Before the D-Link I had a Netgear WGT624 that would crash if you tried to transfer too much or too fast wirelessly. Go figure.
now we only need a power outlet under the seat.
you need to get that special adapter for air. Yes, most long haul plane on AC has it
Most Air Canada flights have standard North American style power outlets, USB jacks, and touch screen displays with Movies and TV on demand.
All for free.
Don't worry, it won't be free much longer...
-jp
So not available for the long transatlantic trips? Why? That's the whole point.
$12.95 to connect?
Give me a friggin break.
Offer it for free and THEN I will get excited.
Ridiculous.
If only they stopped charging for the second baggage, while charging for internet.. but charging both both is blashphemy
$12.95???? That is insane, considering these flights will be no more that 3 hours.
$12.95/3 * 24 * 365 = $37814 per year! Thats a bit steep.
How good is this? Could I play an MMORPG with out dying from lag?
No. Your ping times will likely be in the 1000ms+ range.
too bad everyone hates air canada, the airline that gets rid of flotation devices to save on fuel.
I fly westjet
No kidding... although I'm sure WestJet won't be far behind fi this actually gets some business customers on board. I'd probably shell out $12 for it on WestJet, even though I'd probably just waste it spending the whole time tracking my flight on Google Maps... :)
I recently flew with them again recently and their service has improved 200%, great to have 2 ac adapters per seat row and it would be nice if they offered this to long haul flights