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Last year I was on a flight and my phone buzzed, which was odd. I looked down and it had somehow connected to the WiFi without my doing anything and started getting chat messages.

I tested further and my WiFi was totally unrestricted. I was able to download a show from Netflix at 20Mbps+ ... does anyone know what happened? I didn't even think planes had WiFi that fast and I definitely thought they blocked all streaming video domains.



if you're on T-Mobile , then it's possible you got connected via their plan that allows for free GoGo inflight wifi.


No, GoGo is based on HughesNet, whereas OP was using Viasat




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