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Re:Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink? by light_hue_1 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:00PM (#47429069)
> Nobody wants their brand associated with price gouging and half-broken in-flight credit card payment portals

The airlines have no problem with this. T-mobile has no problem with it either.

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Re:Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink? by unsupp0rted on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:12PM (#47429241)
Nobody had a problem with flip phones that play snake or Blackberry physical keyboards until the iPhone was demonstrated, and then nobody could conceive of ever going back (except in niche cases, e.g. journalists loved those keyboards)
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Re:Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink? by SR2Z on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:14PM (#47429260)
T-Mobile also offers free Wifi on airplanes.
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Re:Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink? by raw_anon_1111 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @10:07PM (#47433942)
Only if the airplane uses much slower ground based Gogo (?). I use it every now and then when taking the 45 minute flight from ATL to my parents home in South GA
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