Comments on: Goo goo for Gogo inflight wireless http://lawyerist.com/goo-goo-for-gogo-inflight-wireless/ the lawyering survival guide Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:58:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Greg http://lawyerist.com/goo-goo-for-gogo-inflight-wireless/comment-page-1/#comment-7824 Greg Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:23:36 +0000 http://lawyerist.com/?p=2774#comment-7824 Ten to thirteen bucks is not that bad, particularly if you are working and billing for time. But for a movie or just messing around? A bit too much, but whatcha gonna do? Other electronics are easier and faster and more reliable for what you need- i.e., a laptop or DVD player or even an iPod, plus you can clean out e-mail anytime and even draft responses that are sent when you have an Internet connection. I guess you cannot Twitter or Skype, but don't you need a break anyhow? But, more amazing, you learned Joomla in four hours, less other time spent on other tasks? Now that's remarkable! :) Ten to thirteen bucks is not that bad, particularly if you are working and billing for time. But for a movie or just messing around? A bit too much, but whatcha gonna do? Other electronics are easier and faster and more reliable for what you need- i.e., a laptop or DVD player or even an iPod, plus you can clean out e-mail anytime and even draft responses that are sent when you have an Internet connection. I guess you cannot Twitter or Skype, but don’t you need a break anyhow?

But, more amazing, you learned Joomla in four hours, less other time spent on other tasks? Now that’s remarkable! :)

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://lawyerist.com/goo-goo-for-gogo-inflight-wireless/comment-page-1/#comment-7818 Andrew Flusche Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:55:16 +0000 http://lawyerist.com/?p=2774#comment-7818 I don't think the price is outrageous. It's not free, but it's cheaper than checking a bag on most airlines. But it would take a really long flight for me to actually use gogo. Since you can't use your laptop during takeoff and landing, a significant chunk of internet time is cut off. I just had a flight from Dallas to DC, and you really only get a little over 2 hours of computer time. I guess that's still enough time to do some serious work. Or watch a movie. :) I don’t think the price is outrageous. It’s not free, but it’s cheaper than checking a bag on most airlines.

But it would take a really long flight for me to actually use gogo. Since you can’t use your laptop during takeoff and landing, a significant chunk of internet time is cut off. I just had a flight from Dallas to DC, and you really only get a little over 2 hours of computer time. I guess that’s still enough time to do some serious work. Or watch a movie. :)

]]> By: Sam Glover http://lawyerist.com/goo-goo-for-gogo-inflight-wireless/comment-page-1/#comment-7816 Sam Glover Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:18:05 +0000 http://lawyerist.com/?p=2774#comment-7816 While I agree that $12 per flight ($13, really) is pretty exorbitant, put it in perspective. If you bill two hours while you are in the air, at $400-600, total, $13 is a pretty minor expense for the increased productivity. While I agree that $12 per flight ($13, really) is pretty exorbitant, put it in perspective. If you bill two hours while you are in the air, at $400-600, total, $13 is a pretty minor expense for the increased productivity.

]]> By: Dan http://lawyerist.com/goo-goo-for-gogo-inflight-wireless/comment-page-1/#comment-7813 Dan Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:05:20 +0000 http://lawyerist.com/?p=2774#comment-7813 $12 per flight is far too expensive a rate for wireless internet, considering that a mobile broadband card can be had for significantly cheaper. Yes, you lose out on being able to browse in flight (at least, until cell-phone service becomes enabled on more flights, which according to reports shouldn't be too long), but really, I can't justify paying that kind of price for something I'm likely only going to have access to for an hour or two. If it were an international flight, it would be worthwhile, but for a domestic flight you're simply not in the air long enough that you can't download your email in advance, check it, save any replies in draft, download any material you need to pdf and review it offline, mark up any edits or additions, even draft something new, and put it all into a queue to submit as soon as you land. You can still bill that entire time. Until people vote against arbitrarily high Wi-fi prices with their wallets, the costs won't go down. $12 per flight is far too expensive a rate for wireless internet, considering that a mobile broadband card can be had for significantly cheaper. Yes, you lose out on being able to browse in flight (at least, until cell-phone service becomes enabled on more flights, which according to reports shouldn’t be too long), but really, I can’t justify paying that kind of price for something I’m likely only going to have access to for an hour or two.

If it were an international flight, it would be worthwhile, but for a domestic flight you’re simply not in the air long enough that you can’t download your email in advance, check it, save any replies in draft, download any material you need to pdf and review it offline, mark up any edits or additions, even draft something new, and put it all into a queue to submit as soon as you land. You can still bill that entire time.

Until people vote against arbitrarily high Wi-fi prices with their wallets, the costs won’t go down.

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