ViaSat Chief Executive Mark Dankberg likes recounting the story of two campers being chased by a bear. One laces his boots to prepare to run. The other says: "What are you doing? You can't outrun a bear." The response: "I don't have to. I just have to outrun you." The bear is consumer demand for bandwidth, which can never be satisfied. ViaSat's job is to provide more raw bandwidth than the competition. The company's playbook for terrestrial consumer broadband is now being applied to in-flight connectivity.
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