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ryosuke | 5 years ago

I can confirm that the Japanese article does indeed say that the ship went closer to land so that it could connect to Wi-Fi. Not sure how common satellite internet is on ships of this kind.

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eitland|5 years ago

> Not sure how common satellite internet is on ships of this kind.

My best guess:

Satellite internet on ships is common but still slow and expensive these days.

Background:

- ar one point I worked for three years as a system engineer with a company in the maritime radio and radar business

- even further back I have also interviewed with another that was specifically in the business of connecting ships to Internet.