My flight has an unrestricted Starlink

2•ada1981•1h ago

Currently on a United flight and noticed the WiFi options are:

UnitedWifi STARLINK

Seems they must be using Starlink as their connection with a captive portal router and forgot to secure the Starlink router?

Blazing fast unrestricted 424mbs up; 58mbs down; 27ms. I could likely do FaceTime calls.

Comments

deburo•1h ago

Curious why the upload is so great compared with download speed.

ada1981•56m ago

This is similar to my Starlink at home with 5-10x download speed vs upload.

ada1981•57m ago

UPDATE: I’m not as 1334 as I thought… flight attendant said they are rolling out Starlink on all flights and it’s free for now.

andsoitis•32m ago

> and forgot to secure the Starlink router?

Recently in the news was stated United to offer free Starlink wifi:

https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-airlines-starlink-wifi-...

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