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Would this improve the internet quality on planes? Just wondering how that could get better... its absolutely crap most of the time
by darkwizard42 6y ago
Would this improve the internet quality on planes? Just wondering how that could get better... its absolutely crap most of the time
- mdorazio 6y agoPoor quality of internet on planes is usually due to too many people on the plane trying to do high-bandwidth things at the same time when the connection was never designed for that level of saturation. Domestic flights usually connect to ground-based stations to provide in-flight wi-fi, which probably have similar throughput capabilities to Starlink, so I don't think this would help much. International flights use satellite connections, though, and this would definitely help there.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoI'm still a bit puzzled why ground based stations didn't catch on. Seems it should be much simpler - there's tons of towers already, flights paths are predictable and much lesser distance between plane and sat. That said my experience with internet was very positive - anywhere from free 4K streaming to $20 per 17hr flight enough to do remote SaaS development. I guess US airlines keeps American tradition of depriving people of good internet.