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Old Jul 1, 2021 | 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by futuramadramallama
Then again, [in the normal times] some non-trivial amount of flights go over the poles, like many North America-to-Asia flights. Not sure what wifi-internet demand is like on those flights, but that's a bit of a gap in StarLink's capabilities towards the aviation market.
... sooo ... until the next "shell" of Starlink sats is online, while over the poles, a Starlink-equipped flight would have roughly the same capabilities as the current wifi providers. Still think that's a big win ;-)
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