Sorry if I upset people, but in my circumstance where I work in Australia and live in the USA, getting the emails out of the way on the trip over is a good thing. It means after I get home rather than "catching up" on emails I can spend very very precious time with my wife and all I lost was watching a movie or two on the plane. I understand "ME" time I just prefer to manipulate as much technology as possible to increase my "ME" time when I am working from home.
The speeds didn't bother me as I really only used it for email and had no problems receiving the emails and spreadsheets I needed. Just for reference I paid for the internet out of my pocket and never expensed it to my employer as it was that much of a benefit to me. Also the last time it worked on a flight I was on, the girl sitting close to me when she realized that I was using the internet shortly before landing, complained that had she known it was on the flight she would have used it, but on that flight no announcement was made about the availability. I was using just because I had got used to it.
