Blogging from 39000 feet
My curiosity got the better of me and 4hrs into my trip I paid 21.95USD for wifi for the entire journey from SIN to SFO.
This is the first time I've had Internet on a plane and I feel like I am living in the future!
Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. ns.singaporeair-krisworld.com 0.0% 2181 1.4 3.2 1.0 338.7 14.5
2. 10.50.41.1 1.1% 2181 2.4 5.3 1.7 428.0 17.0
3. 172.18.14.37 2.2% 2181 555.2 591.7 534.5 3040. 95.9
172.18.14.42
4. 172.18.14.34 2.2% 2181 557.7 594.1 535.4 3035. 103.4
5. ???
6. 10.6.8.4 2.7% 2181 639.1 681.6 623.5 1925. 83.3
7. 10.6.9.2 2.7% 2181 637.1 684.6 625.0 1974. 90.4
8. ???
It surprisingly works. Though it wasn't easy to purchase the subscription.
The age old buying Internet problem which I've yet to see anyone solve well
from a wifi capture/redirect. Chrome didn't work, but Safari did once I
navigated manually to 172.19.248.1
.
Next I tried to pay with Paypal, but that didn't work because it wanted to SMS my iPhone in Airplane mode.🤔
So next I tried my OCBC Visa card and that request timed out.
I tried again, and this time I finally made a purchase!!
Sadly I couldn't WhatsApp because https://web.whatsapp.com/ wanted to chat to my phone whilst it was in Airplane mode. Sigh!
Good news is that I did manage to Imessage and chat to my wife:
Update: On the way back on a B777-300ER via Hong Kong, the T-systems hotspot system as opposed to Panasonic Avionics system didn't work nearly as well. :(