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Can you get internet on an aeroplane?

  • 18-10-2017 11:03PM
    #1
    shalena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭


    I am flying with Ryanair next month and need internet while in the air to look at a live show that I do not want to miss.
    I know Ryanair don't have Wi-Fi but is there any device i can buy from an internet store or something that will supply internet for me ? Like a dongle device or something?
    I'm not a very technical person excuse me 🀣
    Also yes I can ask someone to record the show so I can look at it after but I want to see it right there and then


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  • #2
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,890 ✭✭✭grogi


    shalena wrote: »
    I am flying with Ryanair next month and need internet while in the air to look at a live show that I do not want to miss.
    I know Ryanair don't have Wi-Fi but is there any device i can buy from an internet store or something that will supply internet for me ? Like a dongle device or something?

    No.
    shalena wrote: »
    Also yes I can ask someone to record the show so I can look at it after but I want to see it right there and then

    That's probably a better option. Or rebook your flight if a show is so important.


  • #3
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Any device you buy would need to be left in ‘flight-mode’ so you’d still have no internet.


  • #4
    shalena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭shalena


    Graham wrote: »
    Any device you buy would need to be left in ‘flight-mode’ so you’d still have no internet.
    When on a plane in the air, different people's Wi-Fi names appear in my wifi search like "Emma's WiFi" etc, what is this?


  • #5
    EndaHonesty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭EndaHonesty


    shalena wrote: »
    When on a plane in the air, different people's Wi-Fi names appear in my wifi search like "Emma's WiFi" etc, what is this?

    Space WiFi. You won't have the password.


  • #6
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,443 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    shalena wrote: »
    When on a plane in the air, different people's Wi-Fi names appear in my wifi search like "Emma's WiFi" etc, what is this?
    It means Emma didn't stick her phone in Airplane mode, and neither did you.


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  • #7
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,294 ✭✭✭cml387


    I believe Ryanair will be trialling wifi on board (no doubt at outrageous cost:D) some time.
    It is already available on some airlines, Emirates being one.


  • #8
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,890 ✭✭✭grogi


    cml387 wrote: »
    I believe Ryanair will be trialling wifi on board (no doubt at outrageous cost:D) some time.
    It is already available on some airlines, Emirates being one.

    With abysmal speeds, nowhere to support live video feed.


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