International airlines considering letting people use their cells phone during flight

[Ian David]

International airlines considering letting people use their cells phone during flight
by John in DC - 12/23/2006 03:03:00 PM

This is insane. If they want to see fights break out at 40,000 feet, then go for it. It's bad enough on the train, having the idiots yell at the top of their lungs about their daughter's infidelity to a car full of 100 strangers, but can you imagine having all of these idiots, during international flights, when you're trying to sleep, chattering away for hours next to you? They have got to be kidding. They're worried about shoe bombers? They should be worried about shoe throwers.

The trains have realized that they need a quiet car. The restaurants are throwing out the smokers. The planes shouldn't invite the chatterers to ruin the flight for the rest of us - especially when we're trapped like sardines. Seriously, if they want to see people throwing punches at 40,000 feet, go for it.

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MythBusters: Cell Phones on Planes
Posted Mar 20th 2006 11:15PM by Keith McDuffee

Cell Phones on Planes

Myth: Cellphones don't interfere with plane instrumentation -- it's a conspiracy to get passengers to pay the higher priced in-flight phones.

Result: Using a faraday cage to block outside interference, the MythBusters set up a few common instruments from jetliners inside while using a cellphone. At 800-900MHz (a common cellphone bandwidthfrequencies), there's definite interference on some of the aircraft instrumentation. Because of federal law, they can't test in the air, though they're able to do so on a grounded private plane., and the tests there show no interference at all. The MythBusters call the conspiracy busted because they believe the airlines are simply not taking any chances with cellphones, since new ones with new frequencies are coming out every day.

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http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/03/20/mythbusters-cell-phones-on-planes/