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Gogo's New High-Speed In-Flight Wi-Fi Clears Final FAA Hurdle

Marisa Garcia

Photo Credit: Gogo's CTO Anand Chari and the 2Ku antennae. Gogo

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We're looking forward to seeing how the various airlines price the newer, faster Wi-Fi.

The skies just got faster and the competition for Wi-Fi in the sky just got hotter: Gogo’s long-anticipated 2KU Satellite/Air-to-Ground Wi-Fi service has cleared its final hurdle, gaining Special Type Certificate approval from the FAA. Gogo expects its 2Ku service to deliver peak speeds of more than 70 Mbps to the aircraft. That is more than 20 times the bandwidth of Gogo’s first generation air-to-ground solution. The speed and corresponding bandwidth of Gogo’s 2KU service is supported by a sophisticatedÂ

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