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> no, planes spend most of their time in populated areas. specifically near major airports, and the WiFi needs to work on the ground as well. Except most of a
by mlindner 4y ago
> no, planes spend most of their time in populated areas. specifically near major airports, and the WiFi needs to work on the ground as well.
Except most of a passenger's time in an aircraft isn't spent sitting on the ground (if it is, something's gone wrong) and they can use cell phones and wifi hotspots in such locations anyway.
Further, major airports aren't _populated_. People don't live there and airports are large enough they fill up a significant fraction of a starlink cell.
- shaklee3 4y agoI'm not going to argue about this. go look up flight aware data. when a given airline has a dozen or so planes in the same beam because of a hub, it creates massive congestion. people use the internet whether they're on the ground or not. it certainly uses up a giant portion of a starlink cell if they were ever to land an airline.