Originally Posted by
AeRoSpaceman
Slightly off topic but is the Viasat KA similar/better/worse than Gogo 2Ku service? It seems Gogo 2Ku uses 2 separate antennas (TX/RX) instead of a single antenna for both and has a theoretical RX of 70Mbps, but I am having a hard time finding the specs for Viasat KA or I'm just looking in the wrong place. TIA!
The publically stated receive rates are ~100 Mbpz. I couldn’t find anything on Tx or antenna configurations. I haven’t personally flown on a ViaSat KA 2 aircraft, just the ViaSat 1 ones where Thales is the integrator. The few reviews I found online for UA ViaSaf WiFi show real rates of ~20 Mbps but it’s not known if it’s limited to that rate, how much congestion was on the aircrafts system etc.