I was thrilled when I learned that Delta was going to be the first to offer Internet service on all international flights. I wanted to break out into a chorus of Hallelujah! I have secretly been praying for all airlines to offer this for years.

As you know, Eliot and I just flew to London last Wednesday on American Airlines from New York. I found the six hours without access to Wi-Fi almost impossible to bear. I fidgeted so much in my seat that the flight attendants were keeping a special eye on me to make sure I wasn’t a terrorist.

In my opinion, having the use of the Internet on long flights just makes the time go faster. I can read newspapers and magazines that only appear when Wi-Fi is available. I can play a few rounds of Words with Friends, complete research projects on Google or Wikipedia, and check Facebook and emails. These four exercises alone would make flying hours whiz by.

Meanwhile, we don’t fly Delta. I am, however, confident that if Delta does offer Wi-Fi, the other airlines will shortly follow. They are not going to let Delta have all the fun.

Delta actually announced that it would be adding Gogo’s satellite-based international service sometime this year. The date is not confirmed but let’s hope its sooner rather than later.

Delta will be drilling holes in the roofs of their planes in order to install the proper Wi-Fi receiving equipment. Once it is up and running, passengers should expect to receive maximum speeds of 30Mbps.

That certainly will do the trick to entertain me. I have a 10-hour flight back to Miami. It would have been two or three hours shorter if we were flying to New York but that is not how we planned it. I could really use Wi-Fi across the waters now.