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telotortium 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX files to go public

If I’m flying for work and Starlink is that much better, quite possibly. My wife’s experience with other in-flight WiFi providers has been quite poor, often to the point that it barely works. Having said that, neither of us has been on a flight with Starlink yet.

raw_anon_1111 6 months ago [–]

Which airline? Airlines have been moving away from land based WiFi to much faster satellite WiFi for years

telotortium 6 months ago | [–]

In this case, it was United, almost all transpacific flights. I've read that United has started to move to Starlink, but only on a few flights so far.

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