Internet at 900 km / h
Speaking about remote work, you can not ignore the topic of communications in the crossings. And if people on vacation are happy to get rid of ties with the “big land” during their journey, then the “commanders” (and simply those who know how to combine rest and work without harming both) feel dependent on the Internet, having barely moved from the waiting room to the aircraft seat .
The first lucky ones who got on Aeroflot flights with MegaFon equipment installed could try access via the mobile Internet using GPRS technology. However, with the current tariff (100 kb of traffic amounted to 44 rubles) there is a risk of becoming a poor Robinson before the plane reaches the southern islands.
This year, airlines have attended to the full-fledged internetization of their flights aboard aircraft.
Transaero plans to organize Internet access using Wi-Fi technology for its passengers by the end of the year - 35 aircraft will be equipped with appropriate equipment. Aeroflot also talked about the Wi-Fi network, but does not specify dates yet.
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Airlines admit that Internet access is one of the three most asked questions. “In terms of frequency of questions, it is at the level of questions about the cost of tickets or baggage allowance,” Aeroflot states, “80% of all requests from passengers are related to the ability to access the Internet during the flight.” The price of the issue and the potential demand are separate nuances.
The experience of foreign colleagues prompts to charge not for traffic, but during the flight (which is always known).
For example, Gogo , a service from the Internet provider Aircell LLC, which provides eight major American airlines with Wi-Fi (including AirTran Airways, Virgin America, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and others), offers the following prices:
Potential market volume is also not easy to estimate: only Virgin America reveals its figures. According to the company, the share of “air” Wi-Fi subscribers averages 12–15% of the total number of passengers, but in some areas the figure reaches 20%.
M. Planey , a consultant specializing in technologies available to passengers during the flight, says that passengers would be happy to receive the service at all for free: “Even when we set the price just a dollar, we noted a huge drop in demand compared to free period.
The first lucky ones who got on Aeroflot flights with MegaFon equipment installed could try access via the mobile Internet using GPRS technology. However, with the current tariff (100 kb of traffic amounted to 44 rubles) there is a risk of becoming a poor Robinson before the plane reaches the southern islands.
This year, airlines have attended to the full-fledged internetization of their flights aboard aircraft.
Transaero plans to organize Internet access using Wi-Fi technology for its passengers by the end of the year - 35 aircraft will be equipped with appropriate equipment. Aeroflot also talked about the Wi-Fi network, but does not specify dates yet.
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Airlines admit that Internet access is one of the three most asked questions. “In terms of frequency of questions, it is at the level of questions about the cost of tickets or baggage allowance,” Aeroflot states, “80% of all requests from passengers are related to the ability to access the Internet during the flight.” The price of the issue and the potential demand are separate nuances.
The experience of foreign colleagues prompts to charge not for traffic, but during the flight (which is always known).
For example, Gogo , a service from the Internet provider Aircell LLC, which provides eight major American airlines with Wi-Fi (including AirTran Airways, Virgin America, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and others), offers the following prices:
- Up to 90 min - $ 4.95,
- More than 90 min - $ 9.95,
- Flights over 3 hours - $ 12.95.
- Unlimited per month - $ 34.95.
- HotSpot Sky Pass 1 hour: € 10.95 or 3500 miles,
- HotSpot Sky Pass 24 hours: € 19.95 or 7000 miles.
Potential market volume is also not easy to estimate: only Virgin America reveals its figures. According to the company, the share of “air” Wi-Fi subscribers averages 12–15% of the total number of passengers, but in some areas the figure reaches 20%.
M. Planey , a consultant specializing in technologies available to passengers during the flight, says that passengers would be happy to receive the service at all for free: “Even when we set the price just a dollar, we noted a huge drop in demand compared to free period.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/136073/
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