This is my first "in air" blog post - possibly my last ;) But after seeing no such beast on my outbound trips last months it was great to see that Singapore Air had finally upgraded to Connexion for the return flights :) Plus they were doing a good trial special on the rates.. phew.
For those who have yet to see in flight internet - you connect to a local wireless access point on the place (of which you always see lovely Excellent strength) and then proceed to sign in, pay some dosh - currently I managed to get a ~20NZD equivilant for the entire return journey which covered 2 long flights - so that was a bonus. Effectively day coverage I guess. So similar pricing to a lot of hotels, expensive but still in keeping with a plane book :)
The connection is for all intensive purposes a 256/128 satellite based line as far as I could tell.. latency with the satellite -> ground being the largest overhead in the equation. e.g have a look at the trace below and see the massive jump to get to ground..
All in all though quite adequate for doing a VPN back to work and some terminal servicing (pays to drop the bit depth of course), or catching up a bit on some web browsing :)
If you happen to be doing any long haul flights in the near future and are interested in checking if your route has coverage, check http://www.connexionbyboeing.com/index.cfm?p=cbb.serviceavailable&lang=en