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minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·2 days agoIt can cause issues on the ground as hundreds of phones try to connect to many overlapping cell towers at 800km/h.
minus-squareRampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours ago…but they can’t from that high.
minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 hours 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-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·2 days agoPut a base station on the aircraft, all phones can connect to it at low power.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoThat’s already a thing, I’m talking about putting a 4g/5g/6g base station on an aircraft.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down7·edit-21 day 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-up2·9 hours 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-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoThe point isn’t to provide 5G but to reduce devices reaching outside the plane for connection…
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 day agoif they could get carriers onboard to sponsor the installation then maybe.
minus-squareHarvey656@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoThe first part of that comment was unnecessary Fonix, you do not need to resort to name calling.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day 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-up4·1 day agoPhones will try to route around a malfunctioning base station that is isolated from the internet.
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoIt’s funny you think it would increase costs. It’s parts and bandwidth. GBs for cents.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoit would increase costs because that’s what airlines do whenever they get a new gadget.
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·18 hours agoNo it really isn’t. You’re just making shit up.
minus-squareHolytimes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoAirlines literally will increase costs to customers well over 500% on their costs for basically anything. That’s been true for 50 years
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoyeah that’s the main reason it’s kept around.
minus-squareQuetzalcutlass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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.
…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.
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
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.