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Old May 6, 2011 | 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by volta
Flynet is satellite connection and as airplane is moving so it is the antenna = no constant signal gain, so it is slow and spotty and BIG latency.

And meteorological conditions are in play as well...

Hmm, no, actually not. With antenna diversity the system is designed to work at operational speeds of commercial aviation. The latency is high because of the signal travel between plane, satellite and ground station. Also an error correction protocol might add to the latency. But you should have continuous service.
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