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64kbps @ 40,000 ft.

Posted by Hemos on from the lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds dept.

jumpstop writes "The NYT Technology section reports that 64kbps is now available on business jets. Sure, you can read your email and surf the web, but can you blast away at Wolfenstein?"

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  1. Mile High Club by Squareball · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow so this could bring a new kinda mile high club.. Cyber Sex at 40,000 feet ;)

    1. Re:Mile High Club by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, now you can join the club all by yourself. "Ladies and gentlemen, we are at our cruising altitude of 35,000 feet and the captain has just turned the pr0n filter off."

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  2. precision in language by tps12 · · Score: 4, Funny
    The NYT Technology section reports that 64kbps is now available on business jets.

    I would also like to announce that 56mph is now available in my house.

    Also, as a special favor, I am offering 92 degrees Celsius to any interested parties.

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  3. Each or between us? by samael · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does the whole plane have a 64k connection?

    Or are we all going to have to share it between us?

    And what happens when the 15 year old in row 27 loads up Gnutella and uses _all_ the bandwidth?

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    1. Re:Each or between us? by benwb · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sadly enough the dot com days are over, so there are probably not all that many 15 year olds tooling around in business jets anymore.

  4. Arrested? by tarsi210 · · Score: 5, Funny

    can you blast away at Wolfenstein?

    And if you did, would you get arrested or attacked by the passengers for wielding a weapon?

    Maybe arming pilots with a plasma rifle would be a good thing. Or maybe they just need Jabber:

    SkieHighPil0t: Help! We're being hijacked!
    Sl33pyGrndCtrl: Thanks, SkieHighPil0t, but I'm away from my computer right now. Leave a message! :)

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  5. Re:for luser tin hat types... by realdpk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Such speed offers white-knuckle fliers new possibilities: for example, it took no time at all to download a 238-kilobyte aviation safety manual.

    I would hope they'd have such a manual on the aircraft already.

  6. Jetstream by africanswallow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, I heard that the 64kbps is the net of the 56kbps you get going west against the jetstream over the Pacific and 72kbps going with.

  7. Re:Dont plan on playing Quake III while flying by Kredal · · Score: 4, Funny

    You could play MS Flight Sim, and see how much faster you could get from New York to LA than the plane you're actually on.

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