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