AirNZ Wi-Fi blocks iMessage images?

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alsta

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#310742 18-Nov-2023 13:46

Apologies if this is a known restriction, but wondering if anyone has recently been able to send or receive iMessage images on AirNZ Wifi?

WhatsApp seems to have no issue with photos, and iMessage text-only are fine, it’s just images.

Even reduced image size to <1MB to see if it was a size issue - no dice

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#3160836 18-Nov-2023 13:53

it doesn't technically say it doesn't work on the website, it must be a quirk of the system.

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#3160839 18-Nov-2023 14:03

Have been able to. Sending messages is fine.
Pretty sure it’s the size of the images - I tend to use WhatsApp for sending images when in plane wifi.

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#3160878 18-Nov-2023 17:41

This is why Jesus invented VPNs, to bypass all these dumb limitations.

Second thing I do on the plane Wifi once I have disabled most other users is to turn on a VPN so that these boneheaded rate/traffic limitations are gone