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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by DLdweeb
How in the heck can gogo accommodate a movie download? The system is already on its knees a good chunk of the time.
Nobody said that the downloads are going to be fast. Or of high quality.

Originally Posted by mbarreto
If I remember correctly (and I'm far from being an IT savvy person), those movies/music will not be streamed over the internet. They'll be in a server in the plane...

Now, if one of the technologically savvy people can correct me please!
This would actually make sense. However, if lots of people were streaming high quality movies off of the same local network, there could still be speed/quality issues. I would guess that these movies will be kept at relatively low bitrates.
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