How to increase use of Gogo Inflight Internet? Allow Google maps to be used by passengers.

I just got off a Delta flight and I really don't like flying economy, which is too bad since that is what I can afford. It was a really painfully uncomfortable experience. Ugh. I will avoid long distance travel unless I really need to or someone invites me and send me a Business Class ticket..

How to pass the hours? Cruising the web and easing the pain by using Gogo Inflight Internet is possible but expensive and not worth it for just doodling.

 

But what would be worth paying Gogo's high fees — and eventually the airlines will be forced to provide free or cheaper internet access as Starbucks was forced to — is to be able to see out the window and use Google Maps or Bing or Apple Maps. Be able to see where one is, what is happening, etc etc. Being able to see a moving map at 500 MPH would change the entire flight experience.

I tried to do use Google Maps on my recentr Delta flight and coudn't. I e-chatted with a rep at Gogo and she said that it is supposed to work but apparently many other customers can't.

So do specific airlines block passengers from using Google Maps in air? Or what? I couldn't get a clear answer -- whether there was a glitch on one flight? or the airlines can block it? or what?

I believe that many people would use inflight internet if they could use Google/Apple Maps in their seat on a plane. I know I would. And I hate to tell Gogo and Delta but I'd probably pay more.