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Old Jun 27, 2009, 5:18 pm
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Originally Posted by jfulcher
So any of you that saw the presentation with an IT mind want to share a basic overview of how it works? Inquiring minds want to know - I know the basics, but curious what if anything they are getting bandwidth wise and how they plan to combat P2P and Streaming video - which plagues a lot of hotel internet. (And hotel internet can have a much fatter pipe)
Cellular connection from an antenna on the plane (obviously bigger/stronger signal than your phone would have) to one of 90 towers on the ground across the USA. I believe that any given plane maxes out at about 3Mbit but I'm willing to be corrected on that one.

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