Blog post from 10000 meters in the Air
While writing and posting this post I’m currently flying from Copenhagen, Denmark to London, United Kingdom over the North Sea with Norwegian airlines using the free online Wi-Fi connection onboard. The Internet connection is slow, but that’s expected as the traffic is routed through satellites and the fact that I share the connection with the 250 or so other passengers; all trying to access Facebook 🙂
A ping request to Google.com show that a roundtrip takes around 800 ms with some fluctuations into the 1200 ms
Pinging google.com [173.194.70.113] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=681ms TTL=43
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=869ms TTL=43
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=705ms TTL=43
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=750ms TTL=43
An Internet connection speed test reveals my upload was around 400 Kbit/s download and 15 Kbit/s upload.
A trace route didn’t disclose much information; therefore not included in this blog post.
The Internet connection is very unreliable making it impossible to work, but IM and light sites are browsable. Internet on a flight is a welcome initiative making it more pleasant to fly.
I just hope the competitors will do the same and the quality of the connection will improve.
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