As the modern workday has become longer than ever, many employees have started to rely on publicly available Wi-Fi in places like coffee shops, subways and taxis to keep business running. Realizing this trend is not going away anytime soon, many airlines are starting to offer Internet on their flights to save travelers from being disconnected for hours in the air.
While the ability to provide Internet access on airplane is no easy feat – it has to be beamed up to the plane from hundreds of towers on the ground or from satellites above – the only thing consumers understand is whether or not they are receiving the kinds of speeds they've come to expect from their Wi-Fi connections at home.
"Passengers are expecting more and more capacity, more and more bandwidth, just like they experience on the ground," said Steve Nolan, a spokesman for in-flight Internet provider Gogo.
"U.S. airlines have invested billion of dollars in finding new ways to receive Internet signals to improve connections."
In order to improve in-flight experiences, U.S. airlines have invested billion of dollars in finding new ways to receive Internet signals to make connections faster. A recent study conducted by travel analytics firm Routehappy ranked each airline on Wi-Fi service standards based on U.S. domestic flights. According to the report, Virgin America offers the most reliable Wi-Fi service, as all of their planes are equipped with air-to-ground antennas that use a similar technology as 3G cell service. However, for the fastest Internet connection, United or JetBlue are the best bets. JetBlue uses a satellite technology that dramatically increases Wi-Fi speeds and even allows passengers to stream video.
"Ten years ago, Internet access was still viewed as being geeky," said Thinkbroadband editor Andrew Ferguson. "However, everyone now wants to be able to check social media and as a result, more and more of us are constantly checking our mobile phones…sitting on a plane without internet access feels like a retro experience."
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