Air Canada is the latest airline to introduce free inflight messaging for passengers, which is an exciting development.
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I always mistake the "e" in "messaging" for an "a" when I click into these posts.
Do ppl from outside of Canada know how $$$ mobile plans are in Canada. A rip off to be nice
This story does little to explain how it will actually work for people in Canada that already have a cellular plan with someone other than 'the chosen one'.
Will you have to remove your SIM card and install the 'special one' to use it during flight for free texting? The odds of losing your SIM card go through the roof if you change out your SIM card on an aircraft. Then there's the chance static discharge damage occurring during flight because we all know how dry the air can get during flight in the cabin.
Why not have free Wi-Fi onboard instead for those passengers instead and then then can use their own phone with their own plan to make text and calls over Wi-Fi?
This whole article leaves one with more questions and doubt about the actual programme than it answers.
Hopefully, a detailed update on this 'free service' will happen soon.
Why not simply allow free messaging for all passengers? And if (say) WhatsApp is allowed it will be only a matter of time before people start using the video and phone call features. And yes, Bell Canada is part of an oligopoly that charges Canadians amongst the highest fees on the planet for telephone and media services.
It seems rather nasty to limit it to certain partners. So if you are a frequent flyer with ANA or Singapore or Eva, Air Canada isn't interested in your business?
Honestly makes me less likely to fly them, as will be annoying when everybody around me is getting free messaging and I am excluded.