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canada 2 edits xtachx Member In flight broadband cheaper than bell



Charges: 1.7 Eur/10 min (CAD 2.3 /10 minutes)

Speed: 5 Mbps



Cost/GB: CAD 2.3 for 375 MB or approx CAD 6/GB. SIMILAR TO ROGERS AND BELL!!! (lite package)



WAIT!! They have more packages!



EUR 10.95 for one hour ($5/GB)

EUR 19.95 for 24hour (0.37/GB technically but since most intercontinental flights are 12 hours or less, it comes to be around $1-$2 / GB



Lufthansa's IN FLIGHT BROADBAND IS CHEAPER THAN OUR WIRELINE!!!



If this does not convince all the pro-ubb people how much we are being gouged, nothing will. And I sincerely hope Bell Canada is BANNED from doing business here.



On a side note:



Well, the rest of the world (of course led by South Korea), WANTS their users to be bandwidth hogs. Here: »



Mr. KvF, Bell Canada, and the cablecos, please explain the following ... after you see that article:



1. Congestion

2. Bandwidth hogs

3. "light users subsidizing ..."

4. Is the rest of the world stupid? Are we so smart that we felt the need to redefine "broad"band at 5-25 Mbps? see this: » www.computerweekly.com/A ··· band.htm Charges: 1.7 Eur/10 min (CAD 2.3 /10 minutes)Speed: 5 MbpsCost/GB: CAD 2.3 for 375 MB or approx CAD 6/GB. SIMILAR TO ROGERS AND BELL!!! (lite package)WAIT!! They have more packages!EUR 10.95 for one hour ($5/GB)EUR 19.95 for 24hour (0.37/GB technically but since most intercontinental flights are 12 hours or less, it comes to be aroundIf this does not convince all the pro-ubb people how much we are being gouged, nothing will. And I sincerely hope Bell Canada is BANNED from doing business here.On a side note:Well, the rest of the world (of course led by South Korea), WANTS their users to be bandwidth hogs. Here: » www.fiercecable.com/stor ··· 11-02-22 Mr. KvF, Bell Canada, and the cablecos, please explain the following ... after you see that article:1. Congestion2. Bandwidth hogs3. "light users subsidizing ..."4. Is the rest of the world stupid? Are we so smart that we felt the need to redefine "broad"band at 5-25 Mbps?

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canada xtachx Member Re: In flight broadband cheaper than bell + world moves to gbps edited topic name to make it more appealing

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Re: In flight broadband cheaper than bell said by xtachx: EUR 19.95 for 24hour (0.37/GB technically but since most intercontinental flights are 12 hours or less, it comes to be around $1-$2 / GB



Lufthansa's IN FLIGHT BROADBAND IS CHEAPER THAN OUR WIRELINE!!!



Another way to look at it: 30CAD for 24h would be $900/month. I doubt Bell would complain about your usage if you accepted to pay that up-front for ~7Mbps DSL or HSPA+. said by xtachx: Well, the rest of the world (of course led by South Korea), WANTS their users to be bandwidth hogs.



But having access to high speeds and being a "bandwidth hog" are to only loosely related things. Access to higher speeds does not systematically translate into higher usage, it merely facilitates it. Most people are done with their online stuff for the month long before reaching the 100GB/month mark on their 5-10Mbps DSL, giving them 1Gbps internet would not change that by much. That is assuming you would actually manage to sustain that whole 5Mbps full-time symmetrically for the whole fight.Another way to look at it: 30CAD for 24h would be $900/month. I doubt Bell would complain about your usage if you accepted to pay that up-front for ~7Mbps DSL or HSPA+.HKBN has been offering 1Gbps internet at 26USD/month to nearly two million subscribers for over a year already.But having access to high speeds and being a "bandwidth hog" are to only loosely related things. Access to higher speeds does not systematically translate into higher usage, it merely facilitates it. Most people are done with their online stuff for the month long before reaching the 100GB/month mark on their 5-10Mbps DSL, giving them 1Gbps internet would not change that by much.



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Your numbers presume that a customer maintains a connection only as long as required to transfer a gig at 5 Mbps and then disconnects; not exactly typical usage. Boeing eXConnect provides a 50Mbps satellite connection for the whole plane shared amongst 300-500 passengers; 5Mbps is best case to a single passenger.



The article indicates 2.35G download usage per flight. So using your package pricing this comes to EUR 4.6/GB (1hr) to EUR 8.5/GB (flight); CAD $3.0 to $6.3 respectively.

volts volts Anon Actually the CAD values should be $6.3 and $11.6