T-Mobile has partnered with GoGo for in-flight WiFi texting with no limits. Starting September 17, T-Mobile will be taking service to new heights with free in-flight texting, picture messaging, and access to T-Mobile Visual Voicemail. It’s a brand new, exclusive partnership with Gogo®, only for T-Mobile customers.
T-Mobile recently came out with amazing news that your mobile phone can be used in 120+ countries around the world for free! A limited amount of data usage is free, texting is free, and phone calls are only $0.20 per minute. Now, T-Mobile is stepping it up another notch by announcing free in-flight texting! This is an awesome idea and it seems like this only applies to GoGo ready phones, such as:
- Samsung Note® 4
- Samsung Galaxy S®4
- Samsung Galaxy S5
- Samsung Galaxy Avant™
- Samsung Note 3
- HTC One® M7
- HTC One M8
- LG G3
- Apple iPhone 5c – iOS8 will be available 9/17
- Apple iPhone 5s – iOS8 will be available 9/17
And many more, coming soon.
I think phone calls on an airplane would be the most annoying thing for passengers to deal with. You’re trying to sleep, read a book, enjoy a movie, and you have someone chatting away next to you the entire flight. I’m glad phone calls are still banned, but texting on the other hand, doesn’t bother anyone and it’s a great way to stay connected while aboard a long flight.
Instructions:
Once you’re on-board
1. Follow the instructions from your cabin crew to hear when the Gogo service is available.
2. Turn on Wi-Fi and make sure you’re connected to the ‘gogoinflight’ Wi-Fi network
3. Launch your browser and click on the T-Mobile banner at the bottom of the page
4. Click the “Get Started” button and follow the instructions for CAPTCHA
6. Your device should connect automatically connect to T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling. You’ll know you’re connected when…
Android Users: You should see a WFC icon, , in the upper left corner
iPhone Users: Your network indicator should say “T-Mobile Wifi”
7. Start texting!
Are you planning on using this service? Comment below if you think T-Mobile is breaking the barrier of phone use when traveling abroad. Is this enough to make you switch your service to T-Mobile?
I am at a lost on this promo, dont you need to pay for the gogo service to be able to access the inflight wifi or because you are a t-mobile subscriber, your gogo access is free to use, so you can text.
Great questions David, according to T-Mobile if you have one of their Wi-Fi Calling-enabled phone in airplane mode and connected to Gogo Wi-Fi, you simply launch their browser, verify you’re a T-Mobile customer, and follow the instructions. You have to make just one Wi-Fi call prior to flight will activate Wi-Fi Calling−which must be activated on your phone prior to the first use of the free in-flight Gogo Wi-Fi service.