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Old Oct 12, 2020, 7:12 am
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Originally Posted by bchandler02
Can you explain more about what kind of issue it would create that would require police? That seems a little extreme.
Teams and Zoom use the G.711 codec for voice which is 64Kbps for the call. That isn't much at all and would hardly put a dent in overall capacity.

I do agree about wifi coverage though. Back in the days of gogo on a 737 to SJU, you had maybe 30 mins of connectivity before it cut out. I'd expect something similar here.
People get angry and tempers get frayed and it escalates.

Also it's not an issue about how much capacity a single call takes but what if every one starts to join zoom calls or live stream video etc,

And if it's just against the the rules to make such calls then how much or little bandwidth is used is neither here nor there.
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