Internet access wherever you are

Article Title FAIL again.

"Wherever you are" does not mean only on air flights.

What if I want to connect to the internet from the top of Thaba N'Chu??? Can WirelessG help me there?
 
Sounds good, depends on the price though... would it be the same as GConnect's normal tariff?
 
Garyvdh said:
Article Title FAIL again.

"Wherever you are" does not mean only on air flights.

What if I want to connect to the internet from the top of Thaba N'Chu??? Can WirelessG help me there?
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they actually do have a little internet cafe up there - it's only dialup though :(
 
oh my word. i envision more ping timeouts, more useless call center staff who cant tell a cable from an antenna and more promises that will only be fulfilled a week after the world has come to an end....
 
Garyvdh said:
Article Title FAIL again.

"Wherever you are" does not mean only on air flights.

What if I want to connect to the internet from the top of Thaba N'Chu??? Can WirelessG help me there?
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+1
 
@gary agreed.

okay, so for the past 10 years they've been telling us to turn off ALL electronic devices on planes and now this is okay? it was always a mystery why they continued this policy despite the gaping holes in logic. but now i realise it's because they couldn't find a way to monetise it properly.

this is satellite people. very high cost, very high latency. if you want mail on a plane, bend over and say 'moo' ;)
that said, well done wireless-g for introducing it.
 
so, if i pirate a movie from an aeroplane over the atlantic, which country can prosecute me?
 
I don't want to use their service, I just want to use my smart phone.
 
but don't you know? all wireless-g accounts come with non-airliner-crash software enabled.
 
im going on a cruise this year. gonna pirate something small on their internet. just to get the whole pirate theme thing going. maybe i'll wear a pirate hat and eye patch too...

on a more serious note, i was told a while back that aircraft manufacturers have been working on phasing out radio devices that could have been susceptible to mobile phone interference, and replacing them ones that arent. the approach was very slow, since they had no reason to allow phones because there was no coverage.

Now, with the ability to provide coverage and/or wifi its pushing more and more airlines to upgrade their aircrafts to be mobile-friendly.

In fact the Airbus A380 and Boeing dreamliner are mobile-friendly, the pilots could probably talk on the phone during take-off and landing with no impact to the systems.
 
The thing that interests me and that I would like someone to confirm whether I'm interpreting it correctly.

If I purchase a Vodacom Data Bundle, Mymeg75, it costs me R88 for 75MB, ie R1.17 per MB.

According to G-connect, I could have my Vodacom SIM provisioned to make use of their service and then I'll pay R0.62 per MB.

Is this correct?

EDIT: And even better, if I'm in a wifi hotspot it will cost 49c per MB.
 
PhreakBoy said:
The thing that interests me and that I would like someone to confirm whether I'm interpreting it correctly.

If I purchase a Vodacom Data Bundle, Mymeg75, it costs me R88 for 75MB, ie R1.17 per MB.

According to G-connect, I could have my Vodacom SIM provisioned to make use of their service and then I'll pay R0.62 per MB.

Is this correct?

EDIT: And even better, if I'm in a wifi hotspot it will cost 49c per MB.
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Yes, that is correct, but if you get a 30-Day Broadband Pass like I did the 3G is only 28c per MB, and Wi-Fi 30c per MB.

But this is AWESOME news! Well done!
 
I remember when satellite phones were announced on planes - awesome technology for the handful of whitesuits sitting in biz class who could swipe their expense-account Diners through the phone and call a few friends to show off their status.

Same thing at ACSA - for the same price as a gigabyte of adsl you can rest your car for 10 minutes in their precious concrete bays to collect someone just fleeced by "airport tax" (and about to pay 30% more for the priviledge).

My point - please Wireless G and the airlines make this thing affordable so it really is useful to broader society, and get your revenue from traffic volumes and not from squeezing working commuters in another monopoly-induced vice grip.
 
murraybiscuit said:
okay, so for the past 10 years they've been telling us to turn off ALL electronic devices on planes and now this is okay? it was always a mystery why they continued this policy despite the gaping holes in logic.
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Coupling between RF devices and other electronics is a real threat. If electronics aren't properly shielded they are susceptible to stray RF. I think the CAA took this cautious stance due to the relatively old fleets our domestic carriers are operating (Kulula ~ 25 years, BA (Comair) ~ 22 years). These planes weren't designed to cope with modern RF devices onboard and the flight systems can be influenced by them.

Modern planes are designed with these external elements taken into account - which is visible on flights in Europe and the USA where onboard use of mobile devices are allowed. So, I assume the WirelessG service won't actually be available on ALL flights, just the more modern planes...

It would be awesome to have some sort of connectivity at 10km - Sudoko gets boring after a few hours and SAA's IFE is not quite up there :(
 
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