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Tell HN: I'm posting this while in flight over Atlantic Ocean

17 points by novateg ↗ HN
Lufthansa Group provides 100kb per second free WiFi for texting. It looks like some sites like HN and lite.cnn.com are still accessible with this speed.

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novateg
It reminds me early 2000s dial up internet, you have to wait for every single request.
eevmanu
what about any post from old.reddit.com ? is it accessible ?
raw_anon_1111
It looks like all of the major big 3 American Airlines offer this as well as BA, Virgin and AirFrance.
iExploder
another solid proof of the Firmament
nicbou
It's a German airline promoting German culture. Hence the slow internet.
daringrain32781
My real moment of shock and awe was flying over the pacific earlier this year on Hawaiian and measuring ~350mbps down.
firefax
text.npr.org is another good low bandwidth site op