A method of providing communications to and from devices being transported by vehicles, comprising: obtaining, at a hybrid communications distributor disposed in a terrestrial location, first content that is to be delivered to a device, the device being a mobile computing device that is temporarily being transported by a vehicle that is in-flight and outside of a distance from a vehicle port at which a beacon signal transmitted by a transceiver disposed at the vehicle port is detectable; selecting, by a processor of the hybrid communications distributor, a first modulation scheme from a set of pre-defined modulation schemes; causing, by the hybrid communications distributor, a forward transmission to be sent via a forward link to the vehicle that is in-flight, the forward link included in a first communication link supported by a first frequency band, the forward transmission configured using the first modulation scheme, and the forward transmission including (i) the first content, and (ii) an indication of the device; receiving, at the hybrid communications distributor from the vehicle, via a reverse link included in a second communication link supported by a second frequency band, feedback information including a content that has been determined by a hybrid communications collector fixedly connected to the vehicle; selecting, by the processor of the hybrid communications distributor and based on the content of the feedback information, a second modulation scheme from the set of pre-defined modulation schemes for delivery of a subsequent forward transmission to the vehicle, the subsequent forward transmission including second content to be delivered to the device or to another device being transported by the vehicle; and causing, by the hybrid communications distributor, the subsequent forward transmission to be sent via the forward link to the vehicle, the subsequent forward transmission configured using the second modulation scheme. obtaining, at a hybrid communications distributor disposed in a terrestrial location, first content that is to be delivered to a device, the device being a mobile computing device that is temporarily being transported by a vehicle that is in-flight and outside of a distance from a vehicle port at which a beacon signal transmitted by a transceiver disposed at the vehicle port is detectable; selecting, by a processor of the hybrid communications distributor, a first modulation scheme from a set of pre-defined modulation schemes; causing, by the hybrid communications distributor, a forward transmission to be sent via a forward link to the vehicle that is in-flight, the forward link included in a first communication link supported by a first frequency band, the forward transmission configured using the first modulation scheme, and the forward transmission including (i) the first content, and (ii) an indication of the device; receiving, at the hybrid communications distributor from the vehicle, via a reverse link included in a second communication link supported by a second frequency band, feedback information including a content that has been determined by a hybrid communications collector fixedly connected to the vehicle; selecting, by the processor of the hybrid communications distributor and based on the content of the feedback information, a second modulation scheme from the set of pre-defined modulation schemes for delivery of a subsequent forward transmission to the vehicle, the subsequent forward transmission including second content to be delivered to the device or to another device being transported by the vehicle; and causing, by the hybrid communications distributor, the subsequent forward transmission to be sent via the forward link to the vehicle, the subsequent forward transmission configured using the second modulation scheme.