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Re:United Airlines to launch Starlink wi-fi in spring 2025 by svachalek on Sunday January 05, 2025 @01:58PM (#42604039)
That's typically a CDN node on the plane though, not a live 2-way connection.
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Re:United Airlines to launch Starlink wi-fi in spring 2025 by harrall on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:00PM (#42604059)
I’m watching videos from my Plex server sitting in my living room, on the other side of Earth…

…or random skate videos on YouTube which won’t be replicated.

So it’s not the on-plane CDN.

It’s true that the upstream probably isn’t too great for streaming but I also upload media over plane Wi-Fi just fine.

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Re:United Airlines to launch Starlink wi-fi in spring 2025 by notyourwork on Sunday January 05, 2025 @02:01PM (#42604067)
Really? I doubt that. How large is a node on the plane?
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