Tell HN: I'm posting this while in flight over Atlantic Ocean
17•novateg•2mo ago
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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novateg•2mo ago
It reminds me early 2000s dial up internet, you have to wait for every single request.
eevmanu•2mo ago
what about any post from old.reddit.com ? is it accessible ?
cpach•2mo ago
I haven’t tried, but I’m guessing it would be much slower than HN.
satvikpendem•2mo ago
Lots of airlines do this, no?
raw_anon_1111•2mo ago
It looks like all of the major big 3 American Airlines offer this as well as BA, Virgin and AirFrance.
iExploder•2mo ago
another solid proof of the Firmament
nicbou•2mo ago
It's a German airline promoting German culture. Hence the slow internet.
daringrain32781•2mo ago
My real moment of shock and awe was flying over the pacific earlier this year on Hawaiian and measuring ~350mbps down.
firefax•2mo ago
text.npr.org is another good low bandwidth site op
novateg•2mo ago