At 32,000 Feet and 500 Miles Per Hour

I am a geek – not ashamed of it at all. So to be able to be connected to the Internet while on a 4 1/2 hour flight from Atlanta to Los Angles is like the ultimate in geekiness – at least the ultimate I have it so far.

I did a write up and review of GoGoInflight WiFi last year when I first used it on a short flight and was very impressed.

Well the use of in-flight WiFi has expanded quite a bit since that flight last September. 

Currently this service is available on the following airlines:

• Air Canada
• AirTran Airways
• American Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• United Airlines
• Virgin America
• US Airways (Coming Soon)

So what can you do on this connection? Well let’s see what I have done up here:

• E-Mail checking (POP3 and IMAP)
• Newsgroups
• RSS Feeds
• Twitter
• Windows Live Messenger including not only chatting but also a live webcam session with my wife.  The video picture was quite good.
• Remote connection to my Windows Home Server to grab a file from my shared directories.
• FTP to my webserver.
• Managing and updating my website via its WordPress interface.
• Posting to my website with Windows Live Writer.
• Uploading a photo using Windows Live Photo Gallery.

So basically you can accomplish anything you can do at ground level. Not a bad way to spend a cross country flight is it?

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Richard Hay  (3358 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.