Originally Posted by
STS-134
Just because that's the maximum they can provide to one user, does not mean everyone on the plane can consume that much bandwidth simultaneously. My wifi network can easily provide over 1 Gbps of bandwidth per user but if there are 30 people connected to it, and all 30 people try to consume 1 Gbps at the same time, they're not all getting that much.
No... 70Mbps is shared among the whole plane (not per user!!)
That is a lot. My building has a 100Mbps connection through WebPass. I'm not sure how many people in the building sign up for it, but I'm sure a lot do because it's really cheap. I stream everything all the time (and given the demographics here, most likely so does everyone else) and the quality is always good.
Also you can't get 1Gbps over wifi. 802.11n maxes at 600Mbps, though realistically you won't get more than 100.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_8...ble_throughput