I've talked to people on a flight via Skype. I was at home myself, but they were on the plane. I'm not sure I'd do this myself, since I don't want to bother others around me or have them over hear my conversation, but it seems to be possible, at least for some flights or air lines.
On 13/02/13 03:19, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Sieghard, > > My understanding is that bandwidth is not enough, possibly even > deliberately so, so as to not permit VOIP calling. > > I heard they deliberately do this because they do not want a cabin full > of folk on the phone, shouting away! > > My experience has been that band width is enough to e-mail etc, surf the > net, albeit slowly, and that's about it. no chance whatsoever of > streaming a movie or even low quality music, and no chance of VOIP. > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an > Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > <http://www.talknav.com> > > URL: - www.talknav.com <http://www.talknav.com> > e-mail: - [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 12 Feb 2013, at 18:36, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> I wonder just how many flights actually have in-flight WiFi at this >> point. I >> was on 7 individual flights in the States in the last year and not a >> single >> one of them had in-flight WiFi. If this is representative I guess this is >> not all that common yet. And I really want to be on one that does have >> it so >> I can call a friend over in Germany with Skype and say that I am calling >> from inside an airplane *smile* >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> [mailto:[email protected] <http://googlegroups.com>] On Behalf >> Of Christopher Chaltain >> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:30 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Airplane Mode >> >> Yes, if your flight has in flight wifi, which may not be free. >> >> On 12/02/13 12:28, cathy harris wrote: >>> When the plane has reached it's flying altitude, can you text? >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Sharonda Greenlaw" <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> To: <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 1:13 PM >>> Subject: Re: Airplane Mode >>> >>> >>> And if the airplane has in-flight Wi-Fi, you can also turn on Wi-Fi >>> and listen to music that way. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone; please excuse all mistakes >>> >>> On Feb 12, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Christopher Chaltain >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> True, you could listen to music stored locally on your device. You >>>> could work with any data stored locally. >>>> >>>> On 11/02/13 21:19, Stacey Robinson wrote: >>>>> Oh, ok, I see. >>>>> You could listen to music or something like that though? >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:08 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Air plane mode turns off all of the radios on your iPhone, wifi, >>>>>> GPS, cellular and so on. 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