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Tell HN: I'm posting this while in flight over Atlantic Ocean
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novateg
205 days ago
Lufthansa Group provides 100kb per second free WiFi for texting. It looks like some sites like HN and lite.cnn.com are still accessible with this speed.
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nicbou
204 days ago
It's a German airline promoting German culture. Hence the slow internet.
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daringrain32781
204 days ago
My real moment of shock and awe was flying over the pacific earlier this year on Hawaiian and measuring ~350mbps down.
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raw_anon_1111
205 days ago
It looks like all of the major big 3 American Airlines offer this as well as BA, Virgin and AirFrance.
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novateg
205 days ago
It reminds me early 2000s dial up internet, you have to wait for every single request.
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satvikpendem
205 days ago
Lots of airlines do this, no?
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eevmanu
205 days ago
what about any post from old.reddit.com ? is it accessible ?
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cpach
204 days ago
I haven’t tried, but I’m guessing it would be much slower than HN.
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iExploder
204 days ago
another solid proof of the Firmament
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firefax
202 days ago
text.npr.org is another good low bandwidth site op
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