Gogo Inflight Internet
| Gogo Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | US38046C1099 |
| founding | 1991 |
| Seat | Itasca (Illinois) , USA |
| management | Michael J. Small ( CEO ) Norman Smagley ( CFO ) |
| Number of employees | over 400 |
| sales | $ 233.5 million (2012) |
| Branch | telecommunications |
| Website | gogoair.com |
Gogo Inc. is an American operator of communication services ( WiFi ) on board aircraft based in Itasca ( Illinois , USA ).
More than 2,000 commercial aircraft and 6,500 private aircraft are equipped with their technology, including the North American airlines Delta Air Lines , AirTran , Air Canada , Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Frontier Airlines , United Airlines , Virgin America and US Airways .
technology
In contrast to other providers or technologies, Gogo services do not primarily establish a connection to a satellite, rather terrestrial antennas are used for data transmission. The operator advertises complete coverage in the USA, soon also Canada, with the exception of the state of Hawaii. A specially designed antenna under the aircraft connects to one of the more than 160 transmitter systems on the ground and changes them as soon as it gets out of range.
This approach is identical to using a mobile phone when driving in a car or train, where the next station is automatically selected based on movement in order to maintain the connection. The operator calls the technology used ATG ("air to ground"). On board the aircraft, the received signal is converted into WiFi and vice versa.
The connection is only activated from an altitude of approx. 10,000 feet (approx. 3,050 meters) and after approval by the pilots. The use of the offered service is chargeable and requires registration with a personal account. Download speeds of 3.1 to 9.8 Mbps can be achieved; the available bandwidth is shared among the users.
In addition, Gogo also offers satellite-based services, but these are even less widespread than the system described, but should in future also enable Internet connections for flights outside the coverage areas in the USA.
criticism
In 2014, security developer Adrienne Porter Felt discovered that Gogo was using fake SSL certificates to carry out man-in-the-middle attacks . Gogo denied this allegation.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Securities and Exchange Commission approval document US SEC , accessed January 4, 2014
- ↑ Gogo Inc: Participating airlines archive link ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (queried on January 4, 2014)
- ↑ Gogo Inc: How Gogo works Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (queried on January 4, 2014)
- ↑ Gogo Inc: Technology [1] (accessed on January 4, 2014)
- ↑ Internet access on the plane: Google expert discovers a fake SSL certificate. In: Spiegel Online . January 6, 2015, accessed June 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Gogo Inflight Internet is intentionally issuing fake SSL certificates . In: Neowin . Retrieved January 5, 2015.
