Aer Lingus WiFi

kona · 30-07-2013 04:23PM

Suasdaguna1 wrote: »

PM sent. Maybe you might review the above?

Nope because vhf1 was not affected by the antennae being honest public forums is not the place to discuss things about snags on aircraft as it leads to confusion and false info.

VisionaryP · 26-08-2013 09:58PM

Any update on this? Travelling this Sunday to NY, would love to watch the United game on Sky Go!

Bummer1234 · 26-08-2013 10:45PM

VisionaryP wrote: »

Any update on this? Travelling this Sunday to NY, would love to watch the United game on Sky Go!

No update on a the wifi from me but im sure you won't be able to stream anything at all with the limitations to youtube and streaming.

owenc · 26-08-2013 11:02PM

What about the united airlines wifi? Will it be able for next summer on their 757's? Apparently its pretty fast. Although would that be the same over the ocean?

goingnowhere · 27-08-2013 07:19AM

All 330's are fitted with the equipment. 2 of the fleet have a different wiring config which doesn't get on with the satellite equipment, the others work fine.

For safety reasons wifi service is switched off to avoid any confusion, that said there is no warning placard or warning tag on the switch (and said switch is not in the cockpit either)

It will be sometime later this year before it is switched on, as the two 330's with the issue will have to wait until a scheduled maintenance check.

Bigcheeze · 24-09-2013 03:34PM

This appears to be up and running and is free for now. Independent saying it will be charged at EUR10 per hour.

mickdw · 24-09-2013 03:36PM

Bigcheeze wrote: »

This appears to be up and running and is free for now. Independent saying it will be charged at EUR10 per hour.

Ive just seen a tweet sent from onboard airlingus over the atlantic so I guess its up and ruining.

Tenger · 24-09-2013 03:38PM

owenc wrote: »

What about the united airlines wifi? Will it be able for next summer on their 757's? Apparently its pretty fast. Although would that be the same over the ocean?

I believe all the US carriers use ground based TV/internet systems....hence the lack of connectivity on Jetblue to the Caribbean and other airlines to Hawaii.

mickdw wrote: »

......so I guess its up and ruining.

Lets hope not, don't want my flight spoiled by tweeters!!

Davy · 06-10-2013 01:44AM

Bigcheeze wrote: »

This appears to be up and running and is free for now. Independent saying it will be charged at EUR10 per hour.

It's €10.95 for the hour, or €19.95 for 24 hour pass. Gave about 0.7Mbps DL and 0.21Mbps UL last month

whitebriar · 06-10-2013 06:31PM

Davy wrote: »

It's €10.95 for the hour, or €19.95 for 24 hour pass. Gave about 0.7Mbps DL and 0.21Mbps UL last month

Free for premier class,You must have been down the back

There was a a news item on it on tonight's RTE six one.
I presume/HOPE Skype etc is blocked but can you use what's ap? That has a new voicemail facility.

pclive · 06-10-2013 06:49PM

From the Aer Lingus Facebook page:

We Fly Wi-Fi! From tomorrow, you can 'Check in' at 40,000 feet on board our long-haul fleet of A330s.

Suasdaguna1 · 06-10-2013 07:25PM

pclive wrote: »

From the Aer Lingus Facebook page:

We Fly Wi-Fi! From tomorrow, you can 'Check in' at 40,000 feet on board our long-haul fleet of A330s.

A big YES....enjoy.

Shamrock231 · 06-10-2013 07:43PM

Suasdaguna1 wrote: »

A big YES....enjoy.

All fixed I take it then?

Suasdaguna1 · 06-10-2013 09:11PM

Shamrock231 wrote: »

All fixed I take it then?

Yeap.....you won't be face timing, looking at you tube etc, but general surfing the web, no probs. Flight radar 24 works well on it and you can see where your are and other aircraft near to you. I think it's cool.

coylemj · 06-10-2013 10:29PM

Does the clock run regardless of whether you're connected or is it solely based on connect time? Thinking of a situation where you might check e-mail and one or two websites and then disconnect a few times on a flight to the US i.e. connect for no more than 5-10 minutes at a time.

It's still a 'coming attraction' on the EI website....

http://www.aerlingus.com/inflight-experience/comfort-and-entertainment/longhaul-business/wifi-connectivity/

Davy · 07-10-2013 03:10AM

coylemj wrote: »

Does the clock run regardless of whether you're connected or is it solely based on connect time? Thinking of a situation where you might check e-mail and one or two websites and then disconnect a few times on a flight to the US i.e. connect for no more than 5-10 minutes at a time.

It's still a 'coming attraction' on the EI website....

http://www.aerlingus.com/inflight-experience/comfort-and-entertainment/longhaul-business/wifi-connectivity/

I think it will countdown 60 minutes from time of activation. It auto disconnects after 15 mins and then you need to log back in and it displays how long you have left.

The terms say no VoIP for courtesy of other passengers, whatsapp does work fine. http://hotspot.de/content/lufthansa.html

Mena · 07-10-2013 08:42PM

Can't wait to use this. Even though I'm currently posting this from 38000 ft on board a Delta 767 heading toward Atlanta. It's great!

keith16 · 07-10-2013 08:46PM

Davy wrote: »

The terms say no VoIP for courtesy of other passengers, whatsapp does work fine. http://hotspot.de/content/lufthansa.html

Could you imagine all the "hey ma! I'm on the plane!" type shite you would have to endure.

Noise cancelling headphones FTW!

whitebriar · 07-10-2013 08:50PM

Mena wrote: »

Can't wait to use this. Even though I'm currently posting this from 38000 ft on board a Delta 767 heading toward Atlanta. It's great!

Indeed,its something else alright.My first experience of it was on a virgin america flight from fll to lax a few years ago.
We were watching the rte nine news at 37 or 38,000 ft above the gulf of Mexico.

Mena · 07-10-2013 08:58PM

Didn't know it had been available so long. Great to have it, only problem I have is now I can get work emails all the time :-(

mickdw · 07-10-2013 09:29PM

Its quite baffling that it has taken so long to have this. I would have thought that business travellers would have insisted on this service years ago.

Bessarion · 07-10-2013 11:02PM

mickdw wrote: »

Its quite baffling that it has taken so long to have this. I would have thought that business travellers would have insisted on this service years ago.

Some (cough cough) business travellers are quite happy to be disconnected for a few hours. Lack of interruption can actually help productivity. Modern businesses do have a tendancy to overuse instant messaging in order to get input on a decision that middle mngr's should be able to make themselves.

Mena · 07-10-2013 11:15PM

Bessarion wrote: »

Some (cough cough) business travellers are quite happy to be disconnected for a few hours. Lack of interruption can actually help productivity. Modern businesses do have a tendancy to overuse instant messaging in order to get input on a decision that middle mngr's should be able to make themselves.

Couldn't agree more.

Bummer1234 · 08-10-2013 09:40AM

Anyone got any ideas of price of texting?

I searched twitter yesterday for details and nothing on it but what did catch my eye was only Vodafone users can text on it atm,Is this correct?

bk · 08-10-2013 10:12AM

Davy wrote: »

It's €10.95 for the hour, or €19.95 for 24 hour pass. Gave about 0.7Mbps DL and 0.21Mbps UL last month

Seems a bit too expensive.

€10 for 24 hours would be much better.

Norwegian give free wifi!

Bigcheeze · 08-10-2013 12:11PM

bk wrote: »

Seems a bit too expensive.

€10 for 24 hours would be much better.

Norwegian give free wifi!

It's satellite internet, it's not exactly cheap to provide. Most hotels charge more than 10 for 24 hours internet.

I'm betting Norwegian won't get you to New York and back for 500 quid.

Davy · 08-10-2013 01:37PM

bk wrote: »

Seems a bit too expensive.

€10 for 24 hours would be much better.

Norwegian give free wifi!

If it's to cheap everyone would be using it, and then it probably wouldn't be worth using.

Buying one account and giving other family members won't work, as when you login on the second device the first device disconnects.

whitebriar · 08-10-2013 01:59PM

Bummer1234 wrote: »

Anyone got any ideas of price of texting?

I searched twitter yesterday for details and nothing on it but what did catch my eye was only Vodafone users can text on it atm,Is this correct?

upthread,whatsapp works.

Its a wifi connection,so how can a phone connect for sending and receiving texts? Other than webtexts of course.

Southwest last year charged me $5 iirc for their onboard wifi.
I'll be trying it out next month to Bos on Ei as I'm on an avios j redemption and its complimentary.
What I'm keen on trying is google music,now that will be cool.

Davy · 08-10-2013 02:02PM

whitebriar wrote: »

What I'm keen on trying is google music,now that will be cool.

Streaming live radio works very well so music should be likewise

Bummer1234 · 08-10-2013 02:16PM

whitebriar wrote: »

upthread,whatsapp works.

Its a wifi connection,so how can a phone connect for sending and receiving texts? Other than webtexts of course.

Southwest last year charged me $5 iirc for their onboard wifi.
I'll be trying it out next month to Bos on Ei as I'm on an avios j redemption and its complimentary.
What I'm keen on trying is google music,now that will be cool.

Taken from journal.ie

Aer Lingus long-haul fleet, comprising of seven Airbus A330 aircraft, have been fitted with satellite technology enabling high speed in-cabin internet access and GSM services including SMS and mobile data.

Aer Lingus WiFi

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