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greedo
on Aug 12, 2013
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I'm sure the seatbacks would all have some net connected display for movies or actual computing.
corwinstephen
on Aug 12, 2013
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Are you? I wouldn't rule it out, but personally I think getting an outside signal into a sealed capsule which is moving so rapidly that it must use battery power rather than a physically connected power source seems more than trivial.
marshray
on Aug 13, 2013
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Nah, wifi would travel great in a long metal tube.
corwinstephen
on Aug 17, 2013
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For 300 miles? Or are you proposing spacing hubs out along the journey, in which case, wouldn't frequent reconnection be an issue?
umeshunni
on Aug 12, 2013
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You can yak on your cellphone (or watch movies on your tablet) for the entire 35 minutes of this journey.
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