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Old Jul 15, 2017 | 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by wxguy
UA895 last week, ORD-HKG -- $29.99 -- worked from 10,000' on ascent up to 10,000' feet on decent -- 15 hours! It may be attributable to a more southerly routing westbound, over central Alaska instead of polar. A pleasant surprise.
The polar route will absolutely drop coverage while north of the 80th parallel or so.

Originally Posted by supergabe
The last couple times I've tried using it, I'll get about five usable minutes per hour. Much better performance when using Lufthansa's Wi-Fi.
Assuming long-haul flights for both UA & LH it is the same kit and vendor. :-:
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