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While writing and posting this post I’m currently flying from Copenhagen, Denmark to London, United Kingdom over the North Sea with Norwegian airlines using the free online Wi-Fi connection onboard. The Internet connection is slow, but that’s expected as the traffic is routed through satellites and the fact that I share the connection with the 250 or so other passengers; all trying to access Facebook 🙂

A ping request to Google.com show that a roundtrip takes around 800 ms with some fluctuations into the 1200 ms

Pinging google.com [173.194.70.113] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=681ms TTL=43
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=869ms TTL=43
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=705ms TTL=43
Reply from 173.194.70.113: bytes=32 time=750ms TTL=43

An Internet connection speed test reveals my upload was around 400 Kbit/s download and 15 Kbit/s upload.

A trace route didn’t disclose much information; therefore not included in this blog post.

The Internet connection is very unreliable making it impossible to work, but IM and light sites are browsable. Internet on a flight is a welcome initiative making it more pleasant to fly.

I just hope the competitors will do the same and the quality of the connection will improve.

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