Recently I flew on a long-distance (so at least a dozen hours of flight time) low-budget airline that had 60 Mbps download/12 Mbps upload and it specifically called out SpaceX Starlink for being able to provide this for free. A video call went smoothly. There was connectivity from takeoff to landing with no interruption in between. This was the best airline experience I've had yet.

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consumer451 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

OK, so for this, Starlink is AMAZING! In-flight Starlink is undeniable.

The first time I experienced it, I could not believe what was happening. I messaged my nerd friends with screenshots of https://speed.cloudflare.com/

Also, their required zero-friction UX is the shiznit.

Then, I fell asleep as I finally had theoretical time off.

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sixtyj 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ve read so many posts from both CEOs and programmers about their higher in-flight productivity thanks to be offline.

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deaton an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I flew Delta about 6 months ago and they had something similar, also for free, but they use Viasat. I think most of the big airlines were moving this way anyway to be honest, Starlink just has a good opportunity for advertising.

	▲	usui an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I believe Viasat internet satellites are placed in geostationary orbit, whereas SpaceX Starlink is not, so the service Viasat provides is already blown out.

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basisword 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And this is exactly why we don't need internet on planes.

	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, planes are noisy enough without making them into a call center cubicle farm.