InFlight WiFi Has Arrived

I used to be a non believer... I honestly didn't think that major airlines would be able to get their acts together enough to implent a decent inflight connectivity service. Yet here I am posting to my website while cruising coast to coast on Virgin American! They might not be a major player, but they're certainly going to make the majors sit up and take notice. As I look around at least 10 people within the rows close to my own are surfing on laptops, and that doesn't account for the folks like myself hacking on phones or PDA's. The service is quick enough not to be frustrating and my email and tweetdeck accounts are syncing every bit as quickly as they do over 3G. So I say to you inflight wifi worth using has arrived! Now let's talk about how much I would pay for it...

Movies run $8 and a four pack of tv shows will cost you $4. Food is another $8 and it cost me $20 to check a bag (probably a rant for a different post). So what's my price for wifi? I think I'd cough up $8 or so for a 5+ hour flight, but then again I've got something to accomplish. Maybe a lower data rate plan is in order for those 140 character updates everyone is crazy about.