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by indigobunting 781 days ago
At least on an airplane, they don't want you doing conference calls ..
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People in economy seats aren't the only demand for low-latency airplane internet. Probably not even the biggest.
In the U.S., it's banned for all classes (business, first, etc..)

https://www.afacwa.org/nocalls

That's not the only way to fly, though.

Business aviation (i.e. "private jets") has exactly the type of customer for whom being able to make phone calls in-air is a thing where cost is secondary.

Gogo even pivoted to that market entirely [1], with the commercial segment now part of Intelsat.

[1] https://www.gogoair.com/