Same experience here, I've never been able to use it for anything worthwhile. On...

roygbiv2 66 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: PySkyWiFi: Free stupid wi-fi on long-haul flights

Same experience here, I've never been able to use it for anything worthwhile. On one flight I was able to send an email by manually telnetting to an SMTP server and I eventually got an email out with a single line of text but that's been about it.