It would seem that the dustman has swept through the thread and performed some cleaning.
I'll have to say, there are some reasonable posts here. Most of these thoughts were addressed in the long-running AF447 thread, but that said, good dialogue so far.
Regarding "bursts or real time data transmission,
ChristianJ summed it up well.
I would also suggest that
HamishMcBush's post tells a lot of the story.
Specifically.....
I am lead to believe that it is most likely to be the undersea terrain that has caused issues with finding AF447, with resemblance to underwater Alps.
Regards to all,
11Fan