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I'm typing this on a Southwest plane where my email is loading at a snail's pace, but the guy across the aisle from me is happily watching a golf tournament in real time video on his iPad.

Not that it would do anything to help, but is his TV taking up all the bandwidth and my email has to make do with the remainder?

Or is the reason for abysmally slow wifi on Southwest unrelated to all the TV-watching?

Justin Grant
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The video on demand is served from an onboard media server and is not using any of the available bandwith of the in many cases very slow internet connection available on flights.

Tor-Einar Jarnbjo
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