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| Thread ID: 60998 | 2005-08-21 04:29:00 | Broadband Wi Fi in aeroplanes | curly (6655) | PC World Chat |
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| 382652 | 2005-08-21 04:29:00 | I read somewhere that one major airline is about to make broadband available in its interational planes via WiFi. As I understand it, WiFi has very limited range, if true, how can it be made available when a plane may be thousand of miles from any land area? |
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| 382653 | 2005-08-21 04:35:00 | Easy. To achieve this just requires money. Planes are in line-of-sight with lots of satellites. The WiFi part of the link would be confined to inside the plane. | Graham L (2) | ||
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