Something for the geeks in the forum

[Slomo]

I'm currently on a Lufthansa plane flying to Houston. They are offering broadband wireless internet through the boeing satelites. So my friend and I decided to try who good it is.

Well it's pretty good.

We used Skype with webcams and had a nice conversation. The sound was flawless while the video was roughly 1 frame per second - pretty neat for a mobile application.


The pictures below are screen captures of my friends computer in Izola, Slovenia.

http://www.kerberos.si/junk/skype1.jpg
me on the plane

http://www.kerberos.si/junk/skype2.jpg
A view of the wing from my window.

[pache100]

WOW, Slomo, very cool! Thanks for sharing that with us. That is sooo cool.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Awesome stuff bro! :) I wish they offered that kind of service over here, but alas, no luck

[Slomo]

As far as I know Lufthansa was the first to offer this service, and still the only one.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

You still on that plane?

[Slomo]

yep

Another 3 hours to go!

[Slomo]

According to the plane's GPS we just made landfall in Canada - Hudson Bay north of Winnipeg.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smilol.gif Too cool!

[Shelly]

That's awesome! Do they charge you for that like with the phones?

[Slomo]

It's $30 for the whole flight. But the prices are coming down real soon.

It's very cool. I'm 8 hours into the flihgt, still didn't find time to get bored :lol

[Slomo]

The weather has been incredible the whole way (except Frankfurt where we were delayed for an hour because of heavy snowfall).

Here's a picture of Greenland I took from my window.
http://www.kerberos.si/junk/Grenlandija.jpg

[Melmart1]

VERY COOL!

Wish I had that on my flight to Japan. I was right in front of a screen with a map marking where we left (Portland) to where we went (Fukuoka), and everytime I looked up, I swear it had been hours but the little airplane moved a centimeter on the screen. Made the time go reaaaally slow...

[Shelly]

It's $30 for the whole flight. But the prices are coming down real soon.

It's very cool. I'm 8 hours into the flihgt, still didn't find time to get bored :lol


That's not bad at all for an international flight!

[2centsworth]

It's $30 for the whole flight. But the prices are coming down real soon.

It's very cool. I'm 8 hours into the flihgt, still didn't find time to get bored :lol
that is very cool. 8 hours of online poker for me.:elephant

[Slomo]

that is very cool. 8 hours of online poker for me.:elephantShit!

I totally forgot. I've been so busy....


I'm so going to play on pokerstars right now. Thanks for the idea :tu


P.S. Melmart I know the feeling! btw I've checked Lufthansa is the only one of the EU / US companies to offer it. In Asia quite a few carriers are offering it on their flights.

[angel_luv]

That's awesome. Happy rest of your flight!

[hussker]

VERY COOL!

Wish I had that on my flight to Japan. I was right in front of a screen with a map marking where we left (Portland) to where we went (Fukuoka), and everytime I looked up, I swear it had been hours but the little airplane moved a centimeter on the screen. Made the time go reaaaally slow...


I used to HATE that during my 30+ RT flights between SEA and OKINAWA/SEOUL! The whole Outside Temp in F and C, the Time at departure site, the time at arrival site...UGH...I suppose if I was OCD, it might be nice!

[T Park]

That is so awesome.

That picture of Greenland is breathtaking.

[boutons_]

That's really fantastic.

Lufthansa's in-flight Internet access costs how much?

[T Park]

30 bucks Boutons

[boutons_]

$30 per hour or per flight?

[lilmads]

^ per flight


Sounds awesome though! I'm a Net freak so I would love that!

[samikeyp]

Nice job Slomo! :)

[Slomo]

$30 per hour or per flight?It's per flight. but they announced a 27$ per 24 hrs package that would work on any airplane during a 24 hours period. So theoretically you could have internet access on all your connecting flights regardless of the carrier. The problem right now is that not enough airlines are offering this service.

[TDMVPDPOY]

what are the dl limits though?

[Vashner]

We live like in a Golden Era I think...

I just savor everyday... this shit is like star trek....

Scotty...!

What kind of aircraft was it?

[MannyIsGod]

that is very cool. 8 hours of online poker for me.:elephantgreat minds think alike!

[Slomo]

It was an Airbus 340-300. The service was first introduced on their new Airbus 320s 2 years ago, but they have retrofitted the whole long haul fleet.

There's no DL limit. It's just a flat fee for the whole flight and the speed while not equal to a DSL/Cable hookup is more than adequate.

P.S. it's Wireless LAN, so you do need a WLAN card in your computer.

[ShoogarBear]

Way cool. It's enough for me to try to make up an excuse to fly Lufthansa.

[Phenomanul]

Kori.... is this thread historically significant???

Was Slomo officially the first SpursTalk member to post from the skies????

P.S. At the time of this post I know that Slomo is already in town....

[xrayzebra]

Kori.... is this thread historically significant???

Was Slomo officially the first SpursTalk member to post from the skies????

P.S. At the time of this post I know that Slomo is already in town....

I think he should get some kind of doohickey by his name, unique not
just a spur, maybe a little airplane or lightning bolt.

[ShoogarBear]

Was Slomo officially the first SpursTalk member to post from the skies????

Well, not counting all of mouse's posts.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I thought Greenland was green. :lol

[ShoogarBear]

No, Iceland is green. Greenland is icy. Go figure.

[Phenomanul]

Well, not counting all of mouse's posts.


The real sky.... not a drug high.... :lol :lol :lol

[Slomo]

Well, not counting all of mouse's posts.Damn you beat me to it :lmao

I wanted to say that despite posting from 30000 feet I wasn't the highest poster online here :lol