Thanks to Google For the Free, Unusable Wi-Fi on Planes This Holiday [Rant]

[techieguy]

Did you know Virgin, Delta and AirTran has free Wi-Fi on their planes this holiday season? If you didn't, the flight attendants will tell you when you board—which is bad for those who actually need to use the Wi-Fi.



You see, I'm on a plane right now to NYC. Normally I'd pay the $9 (then expense it later) for Wi-Fi on a five-hour flight so I can pass the time with something I should be doing anyway—working. But today? Today it took five minutes for my IM to connect. Today, I have to use plain HTML Gmail. Plain. HTML. On a computer, not a phone. Did you even know that existed anymore? It's like going back to the town you grew up in and seeing that that crappy mall no one goes to is still just as crappy as when you left it.         

Thanks Google, For the Free, Unusable Wi-Fi on Planes This Holiday [Rant]