I still find it miraculous that the internet works on airplanes

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I still find it miraculous that airplanes exist too!

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i do fly united occasionally.  mostly delta, whose wifi is generally pretty good.  currently on british airways and while it took a while to fire up, now seems to be working like a charm

I’m guessing you don’t fly United then 😂

So excited for them to get Starlink - that’s gonna be mesmerizing every time

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lol I love that.  that's basically exactly how I feel

For the last 10 years, my business partner literally sends me a message like:

“I HAVE INTERNET ON AN AIRPLANE!!”

Every time he flies

😆

yes I manage to simultaneously feel that way and also amazed when it works.  Seems particularly amazing to me on international / trans-atlantic flights (like the one i'm on right now) though I realize that doesn't actually make it more amazing

I’ve gotten so used to it that when they don’t I feel betrayed

the internet hits different at altitude 

higher internet

Especially when you remember how unreliable it was just a few years ago

Have you had the chance to fly with Starlink?

I joined a live class on Zoom from an European airbus last week . I was shook. I couldn’t shake it off.

tbh still feels like airplanes are miraculous

How times change… in the past passengers could smoked on planes

Apparently they had working phones on airplanes on 9/11.

Still don't believe that one.

I still find it miraculous that humans exist too.