rixxworking from a train is always so fun
Delta Chat@rixx true story: we regard German train rides and using wifi there as a good test bed for our networking code's ability to work in slow and malfunctioning networks. For example two travelling contributors messaged and established p2p realtime networking between two high speed running ICE trains, to test robustness and reconnection fitness :)
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TheSecondVariation@maxheadroom @delta @daniel_bohrer @rixx
I mean for me it is somewhat crazy that you move with 300 km / h and can still send packages around the globe. Just to soften the #DB bashing that could ensue from this thread.
How hard is this from an engineering point of view? I guess wifi on airplanes works too, but there I guess satellite connection is more reliable. Okay I really know very little about this. Another rabbit hole opening up.
Benedikt Neuzweig@TheSecondVariation @maxheadroom @delta @daniel_bohrer @rixx 300 km/h is just too fast for 4G let alone 5G. That's why Deutsche Bahn cooperated with carriers to install special infrastructure (mostly repeaters and specialized antennas): https://newsroom.vodafone.de/vodafone-sorgt-fuer-besseren-mobilfunkempfang-in-den-ice-zuegen
@benedikt_lauenburg @TheSecondVariation @maxheadroom @delta @daniel_bohrer The amount of time spent at 300km/h on a German ICE inside Germany is *very* limited.
Notably the screenshot above was taken at somewhere between 0 and 10 km/h in Berlin. So, uh. I do not feel like I'm unfairly bashing anybody.