Martin Hotze writes:
6. More efficient multicast. What if a passenger is downloading a
GPS firmware update, and the flight deck is downloading the same
update at the same time? You wouldn't want to transmit those bits
twice -- if they share a common network multicast can be used to
improve performance.

multicast ... my ass. you mean they start useful and working multicast
first on planes (before they do so IRL)?

Are you saying that, given my example, if this worked well it would be
_useful_?

Hmmm. I have to recalibrate here...

Chris