SpaceX’s Starlink Threatens To Upend Inflight Wi-Fi

Airplane passengers playing video games

Starlink’s low latency enables online video game playing.

Credit: Hawaiian Airlines
For geostationary satellite communications companies threatened by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, inflight Wi-Fi seemed to be a fortress the upstart could not assail. But on Feb. 8, Hawaiian Airlines announced the debut of Starlink-powered internet on a limited but growing number of its aircraft...

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