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A story about bypassing air Canada's in-flight network restrictions

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137 points samray | 5 comments | 10 Oct 25 07:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.858s | source
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dogtorwoof ◴[10 Oct 25 12:06 UTC] No.45537994[source]▶
AC offers free WhatsApp, iMessage, messenger in most flights. You can ask meta through WhatsApp to effectively browse the net :)
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1. CaptainOfCoit ◴[10 Oct 25 12:25 UTC] No.45538177[source]▶
Ah "network neutrality", how you won initially yet lost over time...
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2. cced ◴[10 Oct 25 12:57 UTC] No.45538476[source]▶
I mean, if everyone was watching 4k YouTube videos they probably couldn’t support it, right?
3. axus ◴[10 Oct 25 13:19 UTC] No.45538676[source]▶
Now imagine the same restrictions on your home Internet
4. jeroenhd ◴[10 Oct 25 15:59 UTC] No.45540434[source]▶
I don't think there are any net neutrality laws that don't exempt things like in-flight Wi-Fi, where the upstream is so heavily restricted that providing balanced services to everyone is basically impossible or leaves the entire connection useless.

With Starlink things may be looking a bit better, but I think demanding net neutrality on in-flight satellite internet and plane-to-cell-tower internet is excessive.

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5. Dylan16807 ◴[10 Oct 25 17:48 UTC] No.45541741[source]▶
You can still have a very slow free tier, a normal tier, and a quality video tier. Limited bandwidth is not a good reason to abandon net neutrality.