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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. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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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