<story><title>How Inflight Wifi Works</title><url>http://thepointsguy.com/2015/11/how-in-flight-wi-fi-works/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dheera</author><text>&amp;quot;Prior to the integration of in-flight Wi-Fi, most airline passengers passed their time at 30,000 feet completely disconnected from the world below them — but these days, that’s a highly uncommon occurrence.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something here? 99% of the flights I take don&amp;#x27;t offer Wi-Fi, and in most cases not even power outlets. And those that do have Wi-Fi seem to be charging 30% of my monthly internet bill to provide it for a mere few hours. Like, no thanks.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cmsmith</author><text>Data &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Anecdotes [1]&lt;p&gt;60% of domestic flights have wifi on them. My apologies if you are flying outside the US or using regional carriers 98% of the time (which might not be included here).&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;for-onboard-wi-fi-not-all-airlines-are-equal.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnbc.com&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;26&amp;#x2F;for-onboard-wi-fi-not-all-air...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;(this was google result number one for &amp;#x27;percent of flights with wifi&amp;#x27;)</text></comment>
<story><title>How Inflight Wifi Works</title><url>http://thepointsguy.com/2015/11/how-in-flight-wi-fi-works/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dheera</author><text>&amp;quot;Prior to the integration of in-flight Wi-Fi, most airline passengers passed their time at 30,000 feet completely disconnected from the world below them — but these days, that’s a highly uncommon occurrence.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something here? 99% of the flights I take don&amp;#x27;t offer Wi-Fi, and in most cases not even power outlets. And those that do have Wi-Fi seem to be charging 30% of my monthly internet bill to provide it for a mere few hours. Like, no thanks.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mikeash</author><text>I think you&amp;#x27;re an unusual case. There are a ton of flights with WiFi these days.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t get the complaints about cost, either. They&amp;#x27;re connecting you to the world from six miles in the air. It&amp;#x27;s a pretty impressive technical feat, and $10 is a pretty reasonable cost for that. When you really need it, it&amp;#x27;s very cheap, considering. When you don&amp;#x27;t really need it, well, your cat GIFs can wait until you land.</text></comment>