Re:Hawaiian Airlines Debuts Free Inflight Wi-Fi from SpaceX'...
by ravenstine on Friday February 09, 2024 @09:18AM
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Wi-Fi has already been a thing on planes for years, and has been good enough for me to watch high quality YouTube videos and attend Zoom meetings. Not a single family member or friend whom I've enlightened about this has bothered to use the internet on a plane flight, even when it's free. It's going to take at least a decade before the old habit will be replaced with the new one.
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Re:Hawaiian Airlines Debuts Free Inflight Wi-Fi from SpaceX'...
by dbbk on Friday February 09, 2024 @10:53AM
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Not only that, the EU has now mandated that all planes support 5G on passengers' phones directly.
Re:Hawaiian Airlines Debuts Free Inflight Wi-Fi from SpaceX'...
by ravenstine on Sunday February 11, 2024 @02:19PM
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No idea how that would work, and I imagine airlines would push back against this (how would they capitalize on this without raising ticket prices?), but it would be awesome if this happens.