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   dave, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 10:41am

   
   

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   strange, whenever I'm onboard an airplane, and say forgot to turn off my cellphone before being reminded or turned it on right after landing (still in the plane) I never got a signal till I left the plane, I had always thought the cabins were shielded, you know like puting a radio in a chickenwire (conductive) cage, i mean if thats not the case, why not just start doing that, being just the passenger cabin, wouldn't the flight instruments be left uneffected?

    

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   Tom, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 12:29pm

   
   

   Re: Wireless on planes

   I certainly HOPE the industry & FCC don't figure out a way to make cell phones OK on planes. I don't want to listen to a cacophony of callers yakking all the way across the U.S. of A. Why do they need a technological reason to ban cell phones on flights? Why not just ban them outright because they're obnoxious, like cigarettes?

    

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   Tom, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 12:31pm

   
   

   Re: Wireless on planes

   Sorry, that's FAA, not FCC.

    

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   Glenn, Jun 20th, 2003 @ 2:41pm

   
   

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   Seems to me that what you all want, and therefore perhaps the masses, is two way text messaging capabilities in the air. People are usually fairly influenced by popular opinion, so if cell phone usage was officially allowed (via text only, per FAA rules we'll say), and part of the flight attendant speech said please do not disturb others by talking on your cell phone in the air, there shouldn't be a huge problem.
   
   Over and out.
   
   -G

    

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   Tweak, Jul 15th, 2003 @ 10:40pm

   
   

   Well..

   Just remember that, as an aspect of the effort to prove that 9/11 was a frikken obvious hoax by the CIA and Israel, et al, a similar study was conducted. It seems the reason cell phones are not allowed on planes has nothing to do with "safety" but rather with the phone companies' requests. See, when the client phone is on a jet moving a few hundred miles an hour, and more than 50 feet off the ground, it can connect to multiple cell towers on the ground. Moreover, it can enter and exit a tower's area in less time than it takes to establish the "handshake" for the connection, thus producing a "cascade" effect, and screwing the server. Go check it out. Now, doesn't it seem duplicitous for the FAA to come out and say, AFTER the whole cellphones and terrorists BS has been blown wide open, that they're considering reviewing the "safety" of using cells on planes? No? Still asleep, America?

    

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   Marintha, Aug 8th, 2004 @ 11:48am

   
   

   Re: Well..

   "Go check it out"--where? Can you provide any evidence for this that comes from unbiased, reputable sources? Sources that *don't* mention the Sept. 11th controversy might be convincing.

    

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