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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