Tell HN: I'm posting this while in flight over Atlantic Ocean

17 pointsnovateg3mo ago9 comments

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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nicbou3mo ago

It's a German airline promoting German culture. Hence the slow internet.

daringrain327813mo ago

My real moment of shock and awe was flying over the pacific earlier this year on Hawaiian and measuring ~350mbps down.

raw_anon_11113mo ago

It looks like all of the major big 3 American Airlines offer this as well as BA, Virgin and AirFrance.

novategOP3mo ago

It reminds me early 2000s dial up internet, you have to wait for every single request.

satvikpendem3mo ago

Lots of airlines do this, no?

eevmanu3mo ago

what about any post from old.reddit.com ? is it accessible ?

cpach3mo ago

I haven’t tried, but I’m guessing it would be much slower than HN.

iExploder3mo ago

another solid proof of the Firmament

firefax3mo ago

text.npr.org is another good low bandwidth site op

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Tell HN: I'm posting this while in flight over Atlantic Ocean

17 pointsnovateg3mo ago9 comments

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.