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I once got a text message welcoming me to Switzerland from a commercial flight from Rome to London. The data rates my provider gave me in the message where rid
by orf 6y ago
I once got a text message welcoming me to Switzerland from a commercial flight from Rome to London.
The data rates my provider gave me in the message where ridiculous (10+ GBP per mb), but it's impressive I got it while on an airplane.
- laurencerowe 6y agoFrom a plane you're usually in direct line of sight to many, many mobile network towers at once. Mobile phone use is banned on planes because of the interference this could cause with ground based networks.
- Nextgrid 6y agoThis is not entirely correct. The majority of mobile antennas are directional and are optimised to cover a ground area and not waste transmit power broadcasting into the air.
- pilsetnieks 6y agoThey could have been aimed at an angle in a mountainous area.