I actually like being forced for a few hours to not actually be connected and “findable”…
Kinda like the satisfied feeling everyone gets when they open their refrigerators and see their batteries chilling peacefully, awaiting future use with the maximum fictional freshness.
@shahnm it’s just you who likes to disconnect on the plane, you Luddite. I bet you talk to your fellow passengers, like some sort of chatty psychopath.
@shahnm I like how every comment you make has to do with batteries in the refrigerator, it sort of reminds me about how in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.
I buy it if it’s a long flight and I’m flying with my son. Last trip was from New Hampshire to Vegas and that’s about 7 hours I couldn’t handle being cooped up in a plane with my son for 7 hours without internet!
I usually read a real paper book on flights. On long flights I switch between playing offline games on my tablet, reading, watching the in-flight movie, and on international flights, dozing.
I work for an airline, and while we do not automatically get free wifi, they often hand out gift codes, so I’ll snag a few each time. Especially with the ones I get from coworkers who just toss them away, I have yet to pay for the wifi, but I still get to use it.
When they offer airline-hosted (local) streaming free, I use that. For the most part, I’m not so dependent upon a constant connection that I can’t sit quietly or enjoy a good book or play sudoku or angry birds or check my stocks or OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD??!?!?
Generally I am flying with someone, so no… not then. There is usually enough to keep me occupied. and napping is always a good option.
If I fly alone, I generally get enough out of the free time from my TMO, Amex, Delta Skymiles connections. Plus now you can download stuff from Netflix for just that reason. But pay for wifi … NOT gonna happen.
I can foresee a day when mobile wifi gets so small that everyone will just have a Borg implant internet link surgically implanted, and no one will ever have to actually interact with another person again. Or ever be bored for one millisecond, or ever have to speak aloud, as all interactions can be done via the internet.
I’ve used the in-bus Wi-Fi on the Greyhound before, if that counts.
@lljk and Megabus also has free wi-fi
I actually like being forced for a few hours to not actually be connected and “findable”…
Kinda like the satisfied feeling everyone gets when they open their refrigerators and see their batteries chilling peacefully, awaiting future use with the maximum fictional freshness.
Or is that just me?
@shahnm it’s just you who likes to disconnect on the plane, you Luddite. I bet you talk to your fellow passengers, like some sort of chatty psychopath.
@shahnm I like how every comment you make has to do with batteries in the refrigerator, it sort of reminds me about how in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.
@simplersimon I actually used to (somewhat) enjoy chatting with random stangers. But over the years, people (and air travel) have changed…
Now the first thing I do on a plane is put snug fitting, ear sealing earbuds in, whether or not I actually have any music playing.
Some of them let you message for free so I’ll take that if it’s offered, otherwise naw.
I buy it if it’s a long flight and I’m flying with my son. Last trip was from New Hampshire to Vegas and that’s about 7 hours I couldn’t handle being cooped up in a plane with my son for 7 hours without internet!
I usually read a real paper book on flights. On long flights I switch between playing offline games on my tablet, reading, watching the in-flight movie, and on international flights, dozing.
Purchase, no. Several years back, there was a time in which Blackberry users could use it free. My Playbook tablet was valuable for something!
I work for an airline, and while we do not automatically get free wifi, they often hand out gift codes, so I’ll snag a few each time. Especially with the ones I get from coworkers who just toss them away, I have yet to pay for the wifi, but I still get to use it.
Nothing.
I can’t believe I can actually brag that I have T-Mobile. It had to happen one day, even in this universe.
When they offer airline-hosted (local) streaming free, I use that. For the most part, I’m not so dependent upon a constant connection that I can’t sit quietly or enjoy a good book or play sudoku or angry birds or check my stocks or OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD??!?!?
Nope, most times I’m only flying an hour or two at most. Books or a couple offline apps on the phone/tablet/laptop will be fine.
Delta has free messaging so I am ok just using that.
I haven’t been on a plane since 2001.
@RiotDemon me neither… IN a plane, now that’s a different issue…
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(credit to George Carlin for that one
Generally I am flying with someone, so no… not then. There is usually enough to keep me occupied. and napping is always a good option.
If I fly alone, I generally get enough out of the free time from my TMO, Amex, Delta Skymiles connections. Plus now you can download stuff from Netflix for just that reason.
But pay for wifi … NOT gonna happen.
i pretty much only fly for work and that’s when the company card comes in handy. While i’d love to be offline (work insists if it’s available).
I can foresee a day when mobile wifi gets so small that everyone will just have a
Borg implantinternet link surgically implanted, and no one will ever have to actually interact with another person again. Or ever be bored for one millisecond, or ever have to speak aloud, as all interactions can be done via the internet.No, I don’t have a dog in the wifi fight. I didn’t even know there was a fight . . .
Oh - never-mind. I read the thread title wrong. I’m too high to fix it.