Posted on 12/10/2004 1:36:45 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
The Federal Communications Commission said that at its Dec. 15 meeting it will discuss possible revisions to rules prohibiting cell phone use on commercial flights. That's the first step of the process needed to lift the ban.
Cell phone use has been banned due to concerns about how it could affect an aircraft's navigation. And cell phones sometimes have trouble working when the plane is at cruising altitude because phone towers aren't built to project their signals that high.
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Great. Now I can curse my cell phone for lost signals while I'm airborne.
I was thinking of a Sat relay, yep. I would think it would make more sense than accomodating cell transmissions from the cabin, regular or sat. Possibly adding shielding to surround cabin, if electromagnetic interference could pose any risk to avionics, the plane's comm gear, or its electronic systems. There are many computers on planes these days. Shielding would also prevent any possible interference by passenger electronic devices. If I recall correctly, the insulation used is commonly metallic anyway. How difficult could a copper screen layer be?
Or they could use the official airline approved phone since they won't have the pay the $10 a minute cost.
The average cell phone will drop all calls soon after airborne anyway.
Your thinking isn't Luddite - it's passe. Don't you realize that information is more important than the silly notion of an interactive society? Very soon the only people that count will be those connected to the hive via a wireless implant that allows them to instantly access "the computer". Just think - e-mails redefined as "e"lectroencephalograph transmissions. Someone can just telepathically send you a message. Through the mainframe, of course. Where it will be closely monitored for hate crime thought, anything that isn't politcally correct and naturally, anything that is negative to "the government".
Sorry, my imagination took over.
I shake my head at the people who make a big deal of talking loudly and dropping all kinds of jargon and buzzwords just to make sure that everyone else in the area knows just how important and knowledgable they are. They talk even louder on conference calls (and everybody in the gate area soon learns the names of *every* participant...).
But it's all about being seen, imo. And I'm never impressed.
Finally, someone who truly understands why they were banned in the first place. The cell co. requested this because the software could not handle more the 3(I think that was the number) towers picking up a single phone.
If my plane were being taken over by terrorists, I would want some link to the outside.
Bingo!
Mrs. Olsen and others got in their last goodbyes on cell phones, didn't they? I'd like the option if the time came.
I've tried it in a Cessna, I couldn't hear very well. I needed to tie it into the intercom system so I could use my headset with it.
It is the discretion of the pilot in command to allow or disallow the use of any electronic device on a plane.
Yeah that would stink.
Just what the airlines need, another reason not to fly!
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