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Cellular data access in-flight
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soartech
May 15, 2013, 1:31:58 PM5/15/13
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I have heard that cell phone calls don't work well while flying
because of hitting too many towers
at the same time. But what about Internet access from a Smartphone.
Does that work?
I am thinking satellite weather photo access.
(Not concerned about contest rules here.)
because of hitting too many towers
at the same time. But what about Internet access from a Smartphone.
Does that work?
I am thinking satellite weather photo access.
(Not concerned about contest rules here.)
Max Kellermann
May 15, 2013, 1:41:44 PM5/15/13
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On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:31:58 PM UTC+2, soartech wrote:
> I have heard that cell phone calls don't work well while flying
>
> because of hitting too many towers
>
> at the same time. But what about Internet access from a Smartphone.
>
> Does that work?
In Germany, you have internet access in-flight even when you can't do voice calls. Not very reliable, but good enough for SkyLines live tracking via XCSoar (http://www.skylines-project.org/tracking/). A clubmate went to South Africa last winter, and he had reliable internet up to 6000m.
> I have heard that cell phone calls don't work well while flying
>
> because of hitting too many towers
>
> at the same time. But what about Internet access from a Smartphone.
>
> Does that work?
XCSoar can already load METAR/TAF during the flight, and we want to implement more live weather data, like map overlays.
Peter von Tresckow
May 15, 2013, 1:42:40 PM5/15/13
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Never really used it in the glider, but I have used the internet, and even
received/made voice calls flying along in a power plane. Being more remote
helps bandwidth, as you are seen by fewer towers.
YMMV
Pete
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