The next time you’re on a Delta Air Lines flight and want to tell the pal picking you up at the airport that your flight is delayed (or ask your mom to please make sure there are cheese curds in the refrigerator upon your arrival), you’ll be able to send a text message from the air — for free. [More]
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American Airlines’ In-Flight WiFi Love Triangle
By 11.9.16
While it’s no secret that American Airlines has been working with in-flight WiFi provider ViaSat to offer speedier connections, its current partner GoGo can’t be too thrilled that the carrier has plans to install its rival’s service in about 500 more of its aircraft. [More]
T-Mobile Thinks A Free Hour Of Inflight WiFi Is The Price of Your Love
By 6.23.16
What does it take to get your heart rate up? Candy? Flowers? Or perhaps free WiFi? That’s the route to romance T-Mobile is taking, offering everyone — including non-customers — an hour of complimentary Gogo WiFi on domestic flights this weekend. [More]
Following American Airlines Lawsuit, GoGo To Upgrade In-Flight WiFi
By 3.1.16
Just days after American Airlines dropped its lawsuit accusing GoGo of providing unacceptably slow service, the in-flight WiFi provider said it would upgrade its systems to offer faster connections for customers flying with its contracted airlines. [More]
American Airlines Drops Lawsuit Against GoGo, Still Wants Faster WiFi
By 2.22.16 — Updated: 11.9.16
Earlier this month, American Airlines sued their in-flight WiFi provider, GoGo, over what the airline considers unacceptably slow connection speeds. Today, the airline announced that it has dropped the lawsuit, but still plans to look around for a new and less crappy provider for their shorter domestic flights. [More]
American Airlines Sues GoGo Over Slow Inflight WiFi, May Change Provider
By 2.16.16
Hate your inflight Internet service? Apparently so does American Airlines, which has sued wireless broadband provider GoGo in the hope of being able to switch to a faster service for hundreds of its planes. [More]
AT&T Joins Forces With Honeywell To Announce New Inflight Internet Service To Rival Gogo
By 4.29.14
While Gogo Inc. is currently sitting quite pretty with about 80% of all wired commercial aircraft in the United States using its cellular network-based technology to keep passengers on the Internet while in flight. But there’s a new kid on the block ready to shake things up, in the form of an AT&T and Honeywell joint effort. [More]
Passengers’ Antitrust Suit Against Gogo In-Flight Internet Allowed To Move Forward
By 2.3.14
A class-action antitrust suit filed by airline travelers against the operators of Gogo in-flight Internet has cleared a huge legal hurdle. A federal court has given the green light for the suit to move forward. [More]
Gogo To Roll Out Inflight Texting & Phone Service Because Heaven Forbid You Unplug For More Than A Couple Minutes
By 11.8.13
Gogo, which provides WiFi Internet access for a number of airlines, announced today that it will be introducing a service that allows customers to use their smartphones for texting and talking while traveling on an airplane. [More]
7 Airlines Offer Free Facebook Access This Month
By 2.3.11
February is free Facebook access month for seven airlines, which will let passengers access the social networking site via Gogo Inflight Internet throughout February [More]
Delta Offering Free In-Flight WiFi During Holiday Travel Season
By 11.8.10
Let’s face it — traveling during the holidays kinda sucks. We know this because they have made movies about it. So in an attempt to convince fliers it’s not the suckiest airline — even if they do publicly lie about their baggage policies — Delta is offering free in-flight WiFi for folks who have to fly hundreds or thousands of miles to deal with passive-aggressive in-laws. [More]
Alaska Airlines And Gogo Team Up To Offer WiFi On All Flights
By 2.24.10
After a year of testing in-flight WiFi on several of their planes, Alaska Airlines announced today that it has partnered with Internet provider Gogo to hook up their entire fleet. So now you’ll be able to update your Tumblr page while jetting off to your crab-fishing gig in the Bering Sea. [More]
