Lufthansa FlyNet In-Flight Internet Review and Test Drive
CAN YOU RENT A MOVIE OR WATCH TV?
I then went to the new movie rental site Zediva, which streams DVDs over the Internet, and tried to rent a DVD, namely Black Swan. Unfortunately, Zediva told me that my bandwidth was insufficient to watch the movie. I tried Netflix, which told me “You cannot watch movies from this location.” Checking with Netflix’ help site proved fruitless.
YouTube proved quite FlyNet friendly. As a test, I watched my own short film, Information Overload – The Movie. Image and sound quality on YouTube were perfect, no different than if I were on the ground.
I then tried Hulu but it didn’t believe I was still within the borders of the United States so it would not alow me to watch any programs.
Giving up on American broadcasters, I turned to German broadcaster ARD (“Das Erste”) and watched today’s episode of Marienhof without incident. Audio and video quality were excellent and I was able to see if Tim (Frank’s son) would get into trouble for trying to sell illegal drugs.
The FlyNet system worked equally well on my iPad, I should add. I was able to surf, send and receive e-mail, chat with friends, listen to music, watch videos, and more.
For the duration of my flight (I am filing the report before going to sleep since it’s a long flight), I will be listening to music on my iPad via the TuneIn Radio app. 
Quality so far has been excellent although there was a single 30-second period during which Internet access disappeared. This, of course, can happen anywhere.
In short, my FlyNet experience was excellent. I was able to send and receive e-mail messages, chat via Lotus Sametime instant message and Skype with colleagues and friends, watch television, listen to music, and surf the Web. The only limitations were technical issues beyond the FlyNet system’s control.
FlyNet is quite reasonably priced. Rates are €10.95 (or 3,500 miles) for one hour or €19.95 (or 7,000 miles) for a 24-hour pass, which will also work in all Lufthansa lounges.
–Jonathan B. Spira is the Editor of Executive Road Warrior and Chief Analyst at Basex, a knowledge economy research firm.
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