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Old Jan 8, 2020, 11:19 am
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JimInOhio
 
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: UA MM
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Originally Posted by WineCountryUA
You could half that number again to 10-15% of the passengers and that would still overwhelm 70Mbps. No wifi system, is 100% efficiency with a high number of simultaneous users. And some users are connecting to high demand work systems.

So while free basic email wifi is likely achievable, it probably will be necessary to charge / restrict for a premium level of service that supports streaming.
Agree... any free WiFi allowed by UA is doubtful to include streaming (at least initially).
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