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by 6nf 899 days ago
Might require a window seat though.
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Unlikely. Planes with GoGo's (Intelsat's) gear connect to specially-equipped cell towers with antennas mounted to the fuselage. (As far as I understand it, these are regular cellular antennas that point up instead of to the side.) Since these sat towers will present themselves as terrestrial LTE-capable towers, theoretically, this equipment should be able to use them as-is. (Software might need to be updated though.)