Wi Fi flight - Euro football

GibbsRule_No3

Anyone know if I would be able to watch ITV or BBC Iplayer on a flight that has WI Fi to purchase? I do have Surfeasy on my iPad. I know I should be able to listen the Five Live if not.

SW17

It may be possible on an airline somewhere, but currently most inflight wi-fi blocks video streaming due to bandwidth restrictions.

runningben16

I've only ever used in-flight WiFi on Norwegian, but it struggled to download tweets and emails. I can't imagine watching live tv would work. But maybe other airlines are better

GibbsRule_No3

Thanks, I did vaguely remember something like that the last time I had a flight with WiFi option. Five Live will do anyway and I know I listened to that all the way back from the US on an overnight flight.

Kernow666

depends where you are flying too and as already said any airlines who offer free wi-fi its so weak you can only really get emails

silvercar

You won't be able to watch iplayer outside the UK. You could download programmes in advance and watch on the plane - that won't need wifi.

SW17

silvercar wrote: »

You won't be able to watch iplayer outside the UK. You could download programmes in advance and watch on the plane - that won't need wifi.

The OP mentioned they have Surfeasy, which would allow them to watch geo-restricted content outside the UK via VPN. The issue is video streaming onboard (and the fact that you can't download live programmes in advance...)

headpin

silvercar wrote: »

You won't be able to watch iplayer outside the UK. You could download programmes in advance and watch on the plane - that won't need wifi.

Of course you can. Just use a UK based server via a VPN service to connect through.