Cant wait to try this on an international flight of 14 hrs. Emirates only gives 2hrs of connectivity/20mb, so will have to do a lot of resets and on an android phone as well.
I have a rule of thumb to not mess around with networking that would annoy a sysadmin when I’m in an enclosed space.
Probably double when you’re on an airline owned by a country that has the death penalty for homosexuality [0] and doesn’t have due process for non-citizens.
Airplanes have a very narrow band for the Internet, and that limited connection has to be shared between the passengers.
Airplane WiFi isn't expensive just because. The more people are on it and the more people exploit it, the shittier it becomes for everyone. It gets drastically worse when flying over water, because ATG (air to ground) transmission isn't possible, and they have to rely on satellite connection exclusively.
The only real solution for in-plane WiFi would be to allocate more frequency space for the purpose. Until that happens, we're doomed to the current situation.
Please don't. Data on the connections that a flight uses is not cheap and speed is slow. Other passengers would have a worse experience if someone exploits data usage.
Honestly, long plane rides are my time to read books and watch movies. OK, there are sometimes specific circumstances where you need to work on the Internet while flying to a big meeting or whatever. But I avoid it whenever possible. I don't actually need to be online all the time.
You could share your computer‘s Internet connection via Bluetooth.
I find reverse-tethering quite useful when the WiFi provider limits access to one device at a time. With iOS devices I also have the option to use my Mac‘s connection over USB.
