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		tyingq on March 30, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FCC Authorizes SpaceX to Provide Broadband Satelli... Well, yes, but Ku band means all the benefits of the simple antenna are gone. Do they try to enforce "mobile only" solely with a MAC prefix database?

dawnerd on March 30, 2018 [–]

>Do they try to enforce "mobile only" solely with a MAC prefix database?

Nope, way simpler than that. Just a simple user agent check. Although recently they've made some changes that make it harder, but just loading up the iphone simulator gets around it.

Now watch someone from Gogo see this and fix the loophole.

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