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simon14: Vodafone could fire back and partner with Air NZ.
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simon14: $13 for outbound calls and $1 for inbound calls.
Hmm, if i needed to make a call, i'd send a text at 80c and ask the other party to call me.
Have a good old chin wag for 10 minutes and it'll only cost $10.
What planes really need is cheap wifi.
Vodafone could fire back and partner with Air NZ.
simon14: $13 for outbound calls and $1 for inbound calls.
Hmm, if i needed to make a call, i'd send a text at 80c and ask the other party to call me.
simon14: What planes really need is cheap wifi.
sbiddle: Is there anybody who's flown on Emirates (or Qantas when they had their trials) in the past couple of years noticed many people making voice calls at all?
PenultimateHop:sbiddle: Is there anybody who's flown on Emirates (or Qantas when they had their trials) in the past couple of years noticed many people making voice calls at all?
Not really. I've tried it for the novelty value, and occasionally send SMS from aircraft which can handle it (QF A380s, etc).
The Qantas trial was on a single 767 on the CityFlyer routes in 2006/2007 - I flew it a couple of times and it was pretty handy to be able to use my BlackBerry, but I don't recall ever seeing anyone making calls.
vinnieg: http://www.seatguru.com/ also says that Emirates have started putting in Wifi in a couple of their planes, guess a retrofit might be an option for the rest :)
Would definitely sway me, Wifi vs inflight entertainment/laptop with movies/vids only, would love to check my email on a longhaul
sbiddle: I didn't think Qantas had the service running in their A380's - isn't it just seatback SMS?
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