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Re: Fasten Your Seatbelts and No Cell Phones Please

jared (jared@netspacenospamnet.au)
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:58:24 -0600

> "People are in a confined space. People tend to not want to get into
> long and involved cell phone discussions with people sitting around
> them. I think it will be more people sending texts," he told
> reporters.

Obviously the loud ones heard in an airport waiting area don't mind. Same
behaviour during the periods before the airplane pushes back or after it
lands. So there will be a new headache for air travel.

*****

Apparently one technology is to have a 'pico cell' on-board. The pico
cell can be set by the air crew to enable text, voice or whatever. The
theory is that the passenger mobile phones will connect to the pico
cell rather than boosting power to reach a ground cell.

Must be a risk that, one way or another, there is a ground connection,
increasing the potential for on-board RFI and incidentally avoiding
what ever the airlines' call charges may be.

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