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Re:What the nine debris finds may tell us about the MH370 en... by lloeki on Saturday June 04, 2016 @04:41AM (#11835547)
You seem to be underestimating the extent of areas in the world where bandwidth is effectively zero in all practical scenarios
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Re:What the nine debris finds may tell us about the MH370 en... by raverbashing on Saturday June 04, 2016 @05:45AM (#11835698)
No I am not. You can use satellite communications for that.

See this for possible alternatives: https://www.bea.aero/uploads/tx_elyextendttnews/flight.data....

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Re:What the nine debris finds may tell us about the MH370 en... by ryanlol on Saturday June 04, 2016 @05:00AM (#11835590)
Iridium is available pretty much everywhere, you don't need much bandwidth to transmit your location.
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Re:What the nine debris finds may tell us about the MH370 en... by james32322 on Saturday June 04, 2016 @11:55AM (#11836750)
Or use inmarsat which is available precicly everywhere. They have 100% world coverage.
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