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I work at the largest IFE vendor in the world, and I can tell you that current satellite networking implementations would not be able to support a full aircraf
by baldgeek 14y ago
I work at the largest IFE vendor in the world, and I can tell you that current satellite networking implementations would not be able to support a full aircraft. So if they did offer it, they would have to price it very high to keep an appropriate level of service.
I paid 30 Euros for 'net access on a lufthansa flight and only saw only 3 other people in the Economy cabin using it.
- StavrosK 14y agoWould you happen to know how they keep the antenna aimed at the satellite? Or is it omnidirectional? I have no clue how it works.
- trentmb 14y agoI think phased arrays might be used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_array
- mikeash 14y agoThat's too bad. I dream of having internet access on long flights to China. The cellular-based stuff works very nicely while over land, at least. It's not super fast, but decent.