Fly Delta for Inflight Wi-Fi Access
May 14, 2009 by Rosalind Gardner
Filed under Our Trips & Tips
On the Delta blog, Chris mentions that by the end of the summer more than 300 Wi-Fi-equipped Delta aircraft will be flying border-to-border and coast-to-coast. Currently 139 aircraft (or nearly half of Delta’s domestic fleet) are equipped with Gogo inflight internet, including the entire MD-88 fleet.
Service is offered in both first and economy class on a pay-per-flight basis.
Purchase options include:
- $7.95 for handheld devices (regardless of flight time)
- $9.95 for flights less than 3 hours
- $12.95 for flights of 3 hours or more
Wi-Fi is available across the continental United States while the plane is above 10,000 feet (at speeds similar to wireless mobile broadband services on the ground).
Looks like the only excuse I’ll have not to be connected anymore is camping in non wi-fi equipped campgrounds.
Hey Ros, this is off subject, but I think I saw you on the road today … in Albuquerque on I-25. I came up behind the little T@B and said to my wife, “Hey, I think that’s Ros!” My wife replied, “Who’s Ros?” Well, the conversation got kinda surreal from there, but by that time I was passing you. You were traveling at a conservative speed, so I was whizzing by, but the vehicle was a small, greyish SUV. And I did see a man driving and a lady with a baseball cap and a pony tail.
What’s funny is that I was reading your Roamster blog just before I left home.
Anyway, bienvenida a Nuevo Mexico
Gene B
Hi Gene,
Sorry to disappoint – but that wasn’t us. Besides, I would have been driving.
But very cool to know that you were thinking about us and I’m looking forward to the day when one of our Roamsters readers does actually flag us down on the road. That would be WAY cool!
Cheers,
Ros
That’s good news for travelers as they can still access the internet while traveling. The cost is reasonable enough.