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Thu Aug 20

Online while in-flight: the return trip (GoGo Inflight)

Several things to note:

There was a Gogo rep handing out free trial cards for this flight. I was able to use the same card to log on first with my iPod Touch and then for my laptop. Note: getting on with my laptop (at the same time as my iPod) caused my iPod connection to be closed.

Apparently you can only use one device at a time on a given account.

Other notes:

Firefox does not seem to work with Gogo’s portal. The only way I was able to get on was through IE7.
Not surprisingly, with everyone with a laptop onboard now sharing the same connection, it was significantly slower than on the trip up. 1.5/.11 vs 2.0/.25.
Interestingly (to me anyway), when I went to Speedtest.net to test the speed, I was given the choice of two places in Dallas, and the Internet provider was listed as AT&T WorldNet services.