Wireless network in plane

I haven't but while I'm doing that who's gonna do the flying?
 
Presumably, they rely upon the cellular network; hence, antenna aim (low) might be an issue.

Still, interesting and worth a shot.
 
Silvaire said:
I haven't but while I'm doing that who's gonna do the flying?
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It's a small receiver\transmitter that gets installed in the car (or plane) and you pay a $40.00 a month fee and all your wireless devices Nexus, etc will be connected while in the plane.
 
Would that be any different than using an iPhone as a personal hotspot? Is it cellular or satelite based? My iPhone works okay until I get above 2000' or so then it drops out. I've heard it sees too many cell towers and gets confused. I have the PS Engineering 8000BT audio panel. It is still nice having my phone bluetoothed so I can listen to music while flying.
 
MickYoumans said:
Would that be any different than using an iPhone as a personal hotspot? Is it cellular or satelite based? My iPhone works okay until I get above 2000' or so then it drops out. I've heard it sees too many cell towers and gets confused. I have the PS Engineering 8000BT audio panel. It is still nice having my phone bluetoothed so I can listen to music while flying.
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It's terrestrial cellular. There is currently no technology that can provide high bandwidth two way data to a large client pool from a space based platform. Cellular can do this because the aggregate bandwidth for a country's worth of client devices is distributed over tens of thousands of terminals (cell towers). To provide the equivalent in space would mean a similar number of satellites and the means to keep them from running into each other.
 
gismo said:
It's terrestrial cellular. There is currently no technology that can provide high bandwidth two way data to a large client pool from a space based platform. Cellular can do this because the aggregate bandwidth for a country's worth of client devices is distributed over tens of thousands of terminals (cell towers). To provide the equivalent in space would mean a similar number of satellites and the means to keep them from running into each other.
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Never knew that. Might explain why Europeans think our cellular networks are archaic, but they simply don't have the space to cover?
 
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