Comment I actually tried it (Score 1) 192
February 2006, Flight from Singapore to Frankfurt, Singapore Airlines.
About an hour into the flight I get out my laptop to quickly check my email. Wifi connection is great, browser shows a login page that asks for my credit card number. $29.95 for the whole flight. Well, whatever. Man gönnt sich ja sonst nichts.
I briefly consider using http://thomer.com/howtos/nstx.html [NSTX] and fumble around for a bit, then decide to shell out the dollars because I can't get a connection to my NSTX master. (Later found out it wasn't running since the last reboot, which had happened over a year ago.) I open the browser window again and reload.
The lights go out briefly and come on again. The plane shudders a bit.
The stewardess anounces over the microphone that we are experiencing some turbulences and would everybody please fasten their seat belts and keep the lids on any hot drinks.
I quickly shut down my notebook and put it away.
About five hours and a brief nap later, I try again. Again, I switch on my laptop and within two minutes of running the Wifi connection the plane encounters "turbulences". Again, I give up. Again, no turbulences for the rest of the flight.
The funny bit here is that I was on my way back from a conference about EMC shielding in vehicles.
Jens
About an hour into the flight I get out my laptop to quickly check my email. Wifi connection is great, browser shows a login page that asks for my credit card number. $29.95 for the whole flight. Well, whatever. Man gönnt sich ja sonst nichts.
I briefly consider using http://thomer.com/howtos/nstx.html [NSTX] and fumble around for a bit, then decide to shell out the dollars because I can't get a connection to my NSTX master. (Later found out it wasn't running since the last reboot, which had happened over a year ago.) I open the browser window again and reload.
The lights go out briefly and come on again. The plane shudders a bit.
The stewardess anounces over the microphone that we are experiencing some turbulences and would everybody please fasten their seat belts and keep the lids on any hot drinks.
I quickly shut down my notebook and put it away.
About five hours and a brief nap later, I try again. Again, I switch on my laptop and within two minutes of running the Wifi connection the plane encounters "turbulences". Again, I give up. Again, no turbulences for the rest of the flight.
The funny bit here is that I was on my way back from a conference about EMC shielding in vehicles.
Jens
