pricing for Southwest Airlines inflight Internet access was announced. Southwest will offer WiFi onboard its fleet at a special introductory flat rate of $5 per flight for any device or flight length. Southwest will offer one low fee for this service, making it easy for Customers to know what to expect
Customers on a WiFi-enabled plane will be greeted with the newly designed WiFi HOTSPOT placard onboard the aircraft. When opening the Southwest Airlines WiFi HOTSPOT browser, Customers will be taken to a home page that houses content free of charge. Free content includes a flight tracker, games, shopping on Skymall and Home Shopping Network, and access to www.southwest.com.
Southwest is able to offer this price point and tailor the Customer Experience with the satellite-based technology provided by Row 44. To view a video of how WiFi is installed on the Southwest fleet, visit www.swamedia.com. Southwest partnered with Row 44 and began testing WiFi on four aircraft in 2009. Today, Southwest has 32 WiFi-enabled planes.
Customers will receive an e-mail prior to their flight informing them they will be on a WiFi-enabled aircraft. Southwest plans to have 60 WiFi-enabled aircraft by year end and the entire fleet of 737-700s (346 aircraft) enabled by the end of 2012. To learn more about Southwest Airlines WiFi HOTSPOT, visit www.southwest.com/wifi.
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I am using it now on a flight from El Paso to PHX. It has taken me the better part of an hour to log on and begin this comment, We are about to land so not much time to type.
ReplyDeleteThis is the WORST/SLOWEST broadband that I have experienced in 10 years. I tried Continental's in-flight WI-Fi a year ago and it was spectacular. This SWA stuff is worse than dial-up! Don't waste your time or money on it.