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GAA Go & in-flight Wi-Fi

  • 05-08-2017 10:19am
    #1
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭


    This has probably been asked before but I'm on mobile so the search function isn't great.

    Anyway, I'll be 38,000 ft or so up in the air and halfway across the Atlantic when the Tipp-Galway match is on tomorrow.
    Is GAA Go on my phone a viable option to watch the match? Has anyone done this before? Will the in-flight Wi-Fi be quick enough? I'm flying with Delta.


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  • #2
    franklyon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭franklyon


    What type of airplane is it?


    https://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/onboard-services/delta-studio/in-flight-wi-fi.html


  • #3
    dastardly00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,506 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    franklyon wrote: »
    What type of airplane is it?


    https://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/traveling-with-us/onboard-services/delta-studio/in-flight-wi-fi.html

    Thanks, I hadn't seen that page before.

    It's a 767-400, so it'll just have the Ku technology. Any idea what speed you get with that?

    It states that the newer 2Ku technology delivers 15+ Mbps. GAA Go requires more than 1 Mbps. Surely the older Ku technology can't be that slow?


  • #4
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,101 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    dastardly00 wrote: »
    Thanks, I hadn't seen that page before.

    It's a 767-400, so it'll just have the Ku technology. Any idea what speed you get with that?

    It states that the newer 2Ku technology delivers 15+ Mbps. GAA Go requires more than 1 Mbps. Surely the older Ku technology can't be that slow?

    Check the airlines site to see if they allow streaming services, airplane WiFi is shared so if one person is streaming everyone else suffers.


  • #5
    triple nipple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭triple nipple


    Is that GAA go thing for real? Have you seen the prices! Why would anyone pay 14 euro to watch one game?


  • #6
    howiya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭howiya


    triple nipple wrote: »
    Is that GAA go thing for real? Have you seen the prices! Why would anyone pay 14 euro to watch one game?

    It's a tenner most of the year, not sure why they put up prices for the bigger games. Surely the cost would be the same.

    The same reason people will pay €20/25 for a boxing ppv. They pay because they want to see it


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  • #7
    Davys Fits
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭Davys Fits


    Not sure about Delta but I once used Jet Blue who have broadband on all their planes and the wifi was good enough to listen to any Irish radio station I could not get to stream pictures live.


  • #8
    Del2005
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    howiya wrote: »
    It's a tenner most of the year, not sure why they put up prices for the bigger games. Surely the cost would be the same.

    For the same reason that they charge less for the qualifiers, which are cheaper than the 1/4 finals and they are cheaper than the final. There's a bigger demand so they charge more to make more profit. People complain about hotels and airlines increasing prices when demand increases but let sporting occasions do it and don't complain.


  • #9
    howiya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭howiya


    Del2005 wrote: »
    For the same reason that they charge less for the qualifiers, which are cheaper than the 1/4 finals and they are cheaper than the final. There's a bigger demand so they charge more to make more profit. People complain about hotels and airlines increasing prices when demand increases but let sporting occasions do it and don't complain.

    There's absolutely no way to measure demand for a GAAGo stream in advance of a match. At best you can guess that the All-Ireland Finals will be the most watched games.

    I completely understand why ticket prices go up for games of more importance but an internet stream doesn't have the same constraints.


  • #10
    bocon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17 ✭bocon


    howiya wrote: »
    Del2005 wrote: »
    For the same reason that they charge less for the qualifiers, which are cheaper than the 1/4 finals and they are cheaper than the final. There's a bigger demand so they charge more to make more profit.  People complain about hotels and airlines increasing prices when demand increases but let sporting occasions do it and don't complain.

    There's absolutely no way to measure demand for a GAAGo stream in advance of a match. At best you can guess that the All-Ireland Finals will be the most watched games.        

    I completely understand why ticket prices go up for games of more importance but an internet stream doesn't have the same constraints.
    Internet streams won't have the same constraints but the bigger the game the more people are likely to want to watch. Same reason everybody who wants tickets for any game in the season can get them except on All-Ireland final days. The bigger the prize the more people will be willing to pay.
    Watched the Dublin Kerry final back in '15 on Sky Go in a pub in Perth and I was not impressed. Probably ok to watch on a small screen but not good for projecting onto a big screen.


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