V-Flyer

I was debating using the VA WiFi and wondered if anyone had and words of wisdom on how good / bad it is.

Thanks.

(Apologies if I've missed a previous discussion)

"Surprisingly decent" according to Mike in his trip report here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=292492

Thanks Gumshoe.

I don't post often but as a font of VA knowledge I'd miss this site.

i've only used it once, on a 333 back from DXB

i was pleasantly surprised, did emails, downloaded a couple of plump word files and did some browsing including using some web-based portals to update info, it was slower than a typical hotel connection and had noticeable latency, but still perfectly usable

there was a fixed data limit but no time limit, i think it was about 13-14 quid for 10MB, i didn't use it all up in the 3-ish hours i was online

btw this aircraft had the arinc wifi service which i believe was the system VS used for the original trial, the newer service is reported to be faster, not sure if the billing is the same

My expectations were low, especially flying across the atlantic. You go through good patches and then it could disappear for ten minutes. Not good enough to stream Netflix and the like but perfectly good enough for emails, texts, social and general web browsing.

It was £15 for 24 hours (thankfully didn't need all that time) and unlimited data. I'm sure I paid for it on an A330 in Jan and it was £15 for a maximum of 100mb or something. Not sure if the policy has changed or the difference in aircraft.

Thanks to all for the Info

I hope my LGW-MCO flight has it in September - So is it £15ish for unlimited data, or is it capped?

There is currently no wifi on the LGW 747s. They have Aeromobile which enables you to get online, but you'll pay roaming charges.

gumshoe wrote:There is currently no wifi on the LGW 747s. They have Aeromobile which enables you to get online, but you'll pay roaming charges.

With Vodafone I will pay £5 a day to use my date whilst I am in Vegas. Do you know whether this applies?

A couple of the LGW/MAN 744's do actually have WiFi installed now (it's an ongoing upgrade across the whole VS fleet), however, last we heard (details in this thread), VS where still waiting to get CAA approval before they can start using it.

AeroMobile works as if you are roaming so you will pay your standard EU roaming charges to use AeroMobile data, though most mobile networks do have specific charge bands for using satellite systems when it comes to calling and texting (EE certainly do anyway). The AeroMobile satellite uplink station is in Norway hence why the mobile network roaming data system thinks you are in the EU.

AeroMobile is still only using Edge connection so it's very slow and only a handful of pax can use the AeroMobile system at any one time as well so it's very very hit and miss for data use. On my last flight on one of the A333's I couldn't get data to work at all with AeroMobile.

I've used the WiFi of the 787's and that was perfectly usable.

eugegall wrote:

gumshoe wrote:There is currently no wifi on the LGW 747s. They have Aeromobile which enables you to get online, but you'll pay roaming charges.

With Vodafone I will pay £5 a day to use my date whilst I am in Vegas. Do you know whether this applies?

Sorry, what is this? I'm with Vodafone and they're pretty good around Europe but never heard of this stretching to the States...

Was on an A330 last night. It had the Arinc system and it was £15 for unlimited time but only 40MB. I declined.

no, voda global world traveller does not cover airline roaming http://www.vodafone.co.uk/explore/costs ... traveller/