B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft
The Wi-Fi on our aircraft is intermittent at best. We now have great technology to allow us to better avoid weather by using our iPads along with WSI Pilot Brief. This gives us a real-time look at the weather along our entire route in addition to ATC reports for our sector and our onboard weather radar which works out to about 160 NM.This is a huge safety issue which could save us from flying through a thunderstorm. The onboard radar shows us the nearest storms but sometimes blocks (or shadows out) storms beyond the closest one. The intermittent Wi-Fi is a distraction; I ended up turning WSI Pilot Brief off and used the radar to help avoid the weather.
B737 First Officer reported the Wi-Fi was intermittent on the aircraft; which did not allow them to use their iPads to access WSI Pilot Brief to avoid weather.