Does Southwest Airlines offer free WiFi during flight?
I'm flying from Philly to Houston to San Antonio. I heard that google was providing free airline wifi over the holidays. is this for all airlines or just a select few?
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i presume it might be only for certian airlines as for southwest it seem that they will charge you $5.00 but that might be only if you wanted the interent from theiir website WiFi Internet Access — Now Available Southwest Airlines is excited to offer satellite-enabled WiFi internet access onboard. The service is currently being implemented across the Southwest fleet. With this innovation, we are giving Customers with WiFi-enabled devices the freedom to be more productive and to stay entertained while they fly with full access to the Internet, including e-mail, shopping, and virtual private networks (VPN). Internet access will be available for a special introductory rate of $5, which will be displayed once you launch your internet browser and connect above 10,000 feet. We take great pride in offering this service to you so sit back, relax and stay connected to the world below. Onboard WiFi Access The Southwest Airlines WiFi Hotspot features a free portal that houses limited content including a flight tracker, shopping, games, and all that southwest.com has to offer at no charge to you!
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Right now there are only 32 aircraft with Row44 internet installed, but Southwest is in full swing getting their other aircraft installed. They hope to have all their Boeing 737-700′s equipped by the end of 2011 and the entire fleet by the middle of 2013. This special $5 fee is an extended introductory fee. Southwest says the Wi-Fi will be $5 during the entire installation process and they aren’t sure where it will go from there. Currently, you will have to pay $5 per leg that you fly, but they hope to have it changed where $5 will get you internet for your whole flight with stops. Also, at this time you can’t see online which flights will have internet, but Southwest will send you and email the night before and let you know you can get internet.
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WiFi on Southwest Airlines is not free, you have to pay $5 to use it! If your only going on a 1 hour flight, not worth spending the $5. But if your going on a 4 to 5 hour flight, then yes its worth using!
