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minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up41·3 days agoIt can cause issues on the ground as hundreds of phones try to connect to many overlapping cell towers at 800km/h.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 days agoPut a base station on the aircraft, all phones can connect to it at low power.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoThat’s already a thing, I’m talking about putting a 4g/5g/6g base station on an aircraft.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-23 days agowith the prices they charge for the wifi, what do you think would happen to ticket costs if they added a 5G transciever?
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days ago“Welcome to your eight-hour flight. If you would like to use wifi, please sign up for only $40 per hour. Enjoy your voyage!”
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoThe point isn’t to provide 5G but to reduce devices reaching outside the plane for connection…
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoif they could get carriers onboard to sponsor the installation then maybe.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoThe first part of that comment was unnecessary Fonix, you do not need to resort to name calling.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoyeah that doesn’t work. if they can’t reach out from the base station they try picking another one. so it would make the problem way worse.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoPhones will try to route around a malfunctioning base station that is isolated from the internet.
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoIt’s funny you think it would increase costs. It’s parts and bandwidth. GBs for cents.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoit would increase costs because that’s what airlines do whenever they get a new gadget.
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoNo it really isn’t. You’re just making shit up.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoAirlines literally will increase costs to customers well over 500% on their costs for basically anything. That’s been true for 50 years
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days ago…but they can’t from that high.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoDoesn’t matter, the cell towers will still be barraged with hundreds of high intensity requests for several seconds. It’s akin to a very underpowered and inefficient radio jammer.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoyeah that’s the main reason it’s kept around.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoThis is the closest most people will ever get to the buzzing the tower scene from Top Gun.
It can cause issues on the ground as hundreds of phones try to connect to many overlapping cell towers at 800km/h.
Put a base station on the aircraft, all phones can connect to it at low power.
it’s called wifi
That’s already a thing, I’m talking about putting a 4g/5g/6g base station on an aircraft.
with the prices they charge for the wifi, what do you think would happen to ticket costs if they added a 5G transciever?
“Welcome to your eight-hour flight. If you would like to use wifi, please sign up for only $40 per hour. Enjoy your voyage!”
The point isn’t to provide 5G but to reduce devices reaching outside the plane for connection…
if they could get carriers onboard to sponsor the installation then maybe.
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The first part of that comment was unnecessary Fonix, you do not need to resort to name calling.
yeah that doesn’t work. if they can’t reach out from the base station they try picking another one. so it would make the problem way worse.
Phones will try to route around a malfunctioning base station that is isolated from the internet.
It’s funny you think it would increase costs. It’s parts and bandwidth. GBs for cents.
it would increase costs because that’s what airlines do whenever they get a new gadget.
No it really isn’t. You’re just making shit up.
Airlines literally will increase costs to customers well over 500% on their costs for basically anything.
That’s been true for 50 years
…but they can’t from that high.
Doesn’t matter, the cell towers will still be barraged with hundreds of high intensity requests for several seconds. It’s akin to a very underpowered and inefficient radio jammer.
yeah that’s the main reason it’s kept around.
This is the closest most people will ever get to the buzzing the tower scene from Top Gun.