islalinda asked:
I know the airlines claim the reason you cannot operate cell phones and “electronic devices” while the plane is flying bc they supposedly could interfere with the navigational systems. However, many in the telecommunications industry (and others) dispute this as an excuse to force you to use the airline’s own (obviuosly wireless) seat-back phones at upwards of $2.00 a minute. They’ve been talking about letting ppl use their cell phones in flight already, there is such a demand (and many of us dread the idea of listening to obnoxiuos chatter for 3 hours straight and would just as soon prefer they DONT allow it). Ok so…..right now, if you whipped out your cell phone and made a call during flight, someone is going to come drag you out of your seat and throw you off the plane at the next stop. BUT…….what if you have a wireless broadband card in your laptop…..how would they know (or notice) if you were quietly surfing the internet at 35,000 feet?
Do you think you could get busted?
I know the airlines claim the reason you cannot operate cell phones and “electronic devices” while the plane is flying bc they supposedly could interfere with the navigational systems. However, many in the telecommunications industry (and others) dispute this as an excuse to force you to use the airline’s own (obviuosly wireless) seat-back phones at upwards of $2.00 a minute. They’ve been talking about letting ppl use their cell phones in flight already, there is such a demand (and many of us dread the idea of listening to obnoxiuos chatter for 3 hours straight and would just as soon prefer they DONT allow it). Ok so…..right now, if you whipped out your cell phone and made a call during flight, someone is going to come drag you out of your seat and throw you off the plane at the next stop. BUT…….what if you have a wireless broadband card in your laptop…..how would they know (or notice) if you were quietly surfing the internet at 35,000 feet?
Do you think you could get busted?
Tags: Airline Travel, Airlines, Cell Phone, Cell Phones, Dread, Electronic Devices, Excuse, Navigational Systems, Phone Call, Ppl, Seat Back, Telecommunications Industry, Wireless Broadband, Wireless Laptop, Wireless Phones
July 26th, 2008 at 6:57 am
For these stations most likely meaning you may want to relay the travel technology forum at full cruising altitude.
The cell phone network also at flyertalk for these calls on commercial flights generally is actually fcc problems for more info.