Comment by oceanplexian
6 hours ago
Delta is still stubbornly refusing to adopt Starlink.
I've got status with them and have started booking with other airlines b/c it doesn't matter how nice the seats are if you can't get any work done. Most airline revenue comes from business flights, I don't think they realize how important this is to their customer base.
It's probably what the UA CEO was talking about, trying to get competitors to sign contracts with other providers. Viasat was hot stuff for a long time, wouldn't be surprised if there's a noncompete preventing the change.
Airplanes are one of the places I feel happily disconnected from being online. Never used in-flight WiFi even when my company would have paid for it.
Delta uses Viasat and has been rolling out free wi-fi on more and more of their planes. Is it not usable?
It’s pretty good, but the latency is inherently high since Viasat is in GEO.
~600ms ping times vs ~40ms on Starlink
Starlink failed it's Delta Demo.
The article is online.