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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

In-flight wifi: the dream, the dismal reality and the future

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In The Independent’s travel trends column, Trendwatch, we dig into the types of trip, modes of transport and top buzzwords to watch out for.

I was three hours into a four-and-a-half-hour flight across Europe last month when I called it. In-flight wifi doesn’t work. Not in a real, impactful way, anyway – not to the point where you can ethically slap a price tag on it and suggest people can get a bit of work done between the seatbelt sign switch-off and the tea trolley.

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