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Old Feb 14, 2014, 8:48 am
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snowskate10
 
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Originally Posted by riggins
I think they should have gone with GoGo based upon their current routes. Most of their routes are over Canada and the USA where they could make use of Gogo's air to ground network. For Westjet routes into Caribbean Gogo's system switches to satellite.

The Ku band that Panasonic's system utilizes is inferior to ATG or the Ka satellite band.

Regardless, power at the seats is long overdue for Westjet
Agreed. GOGO's hybrid ATG/satellite solution is far superior than Panasonic. GOGO use satellite for the downlink and the ATG for the uplink. Thus GOGO can provide much faster speeds than Panasonic's satellite only solution.
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