Comments on: Democratising Travel

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:02:00 +0000

When they started operating there were lots of comments about the budget airlines having rather imaginate view of their destinations e.g. Paris Vatry Airport 131 miles away from Paris.

There again the local airport hurn was once Hurn – London. A 1940s newspaper article about how many famous people who had flown from it commented that it remained to be seen what effect the new airport being built at Heath-Row would have.

p.s. For a laugh have a look at the plans for the Brabazon airliner of that time. Upstairs – Downstairs in the sky.

By: Fred Dart

Fred Dart — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:27:07 +0000

> Can’t you stick a Starlink on the roof ?
Yes, you can – I’ve a friend based in a remote location in Scotland who has done exactly that. For mobile use as opposed to a fixed antenna, there’s an extra license payment, but, yes it’s entirely do-able and he’s dead chuffed with it.

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:55:27 +0000

In reply to Fast Eddie.

I actually agree with you. When even a camper van is better than business class travel it shows how much standards have dropped.

Though 700 miles at US speed limits sounds horrendous. I always hoped for self-driving cars to get me across Germany so I go to sleep in Brussels and wake up in Berlin, but they never came.

Can’t you stick a Starlink on the roof ? Almost every farm around here has one, which is great because I now get all the available 4G bandwidth for a tenth of the price 🙂

By: Fast Eddie

Fast Eddie — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:25:17 +0000

In reply to Mike Bryant. I can drive 700 miles per day and three days will get me where I need to go. I'd rather that than fly. Someday self driving camper homes will be the way to travel. When can we expect mobile satellite internet connections to such a rig?

By: Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:15:39 +0000

Yes but it’s made travelling utter shite. No more well spoken stewardesses handing you a glass of champagne as you sit down on a plane to Frankfurt. You have to travel half way around the world to get any decent level of seating now.