Here's How You Actually Get WiFi On Your Flight

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Here's How You Actually Get WiFi On Your Flight
By Lisa Marie Segarra/ Travel/ Fortune/ fortune.com

"As in-flight Wi-Fi becomes more common, the technology has been changing to meet growing demand.

There are two methods for bringing Wi-Fi to planes. One uses special ground-based cell towers, while the other uses satellites.

But how exactly does Wi-Fi work on planes? One of the biggest providers of inflight internet, Gogo, uses both ground-based towers and satellites around the world, which service airlines including Delta, United, Alaska Airlines and Virgin Air. Here, Steve Nolan, vice president of communications and public relations for GoGo, explains how these services work..."


Richard

 

[isisdave]

That didn't explain much. I can see how a ground based station could have enough power to reach a plane ... but does it service more than one at a time? How many? How far apart are they? What's the power output from the plane's transmitter? Are the antennas on the plane directional, like the ones on cruise ships that track the satellites?

 

[Talent312]

The nuts+bolts don't interest me, as long as I get my M-TV, I mean, Yahoo.
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