More importantly, not only will Wi-Fi be more widely available, the company hopes to sustain speeds of up to 50MBPS. Higher reliability and faster speeds will encourage more users to shell out the cash to access the service. At the moment, Lufthansa's in-flight Wi-Fi costs €9/$10 for 1 hour, €14/$15.50 for 4 hours and €17/$19 for the entire flight. The latter option can be used for up to 24 hours if you have a connecting flight.
By all accounts, the service has received good feedback and therefore offers pretty good value. In the meantime, Lufthansa continues to lead the rest of Europe in in-flight connectivity and the great news is that others are not far behind. There's a great article here from Airline Reporter if you want to know more about the technology Lufthansa is using.
In-flight Wi-Fi in the US in Comparison with Other Regions
As of January this year, around 39% of flights have some sort of Wi-Fi. But if you broke that down to US based and non-US based, you'd find a huge discrepancy. Indeed, around 83% of flights operated by a US airliner had Wi-Fi availability, compared with around 18.5% for the rest of the world. Therefore, in despite Lufthansa's past and present efforts, the US is a world leader in terms of offering connectivity in the skies.