FCC Maintains Ban On In-Flight Cell Calls
Interference to airplane control systems: wrong
There is *nothing* in the referenced USA Today story that suggests this. CTIA is only considering the impact to cellular networks on the ground.
FAA has commissioned a separate committee to look at compatibility with aircraft systems. There is no mention of that work in the USA Today article.
Once again, CTIA's work has nothing to do with interference to aircraft.
They did an episode on that, and while their tests weren't exhaustive, they proved at least the disctinct possibility that mobile phone signals cause some interference with flight systems.
I always laugh when I think about this, because if Boeing was as reliable as Cingular, there'd be a lot more people driving. 🙄
japhy said:
C'mon, don't you watch Mythbusters? 🙂
They did an episode on that, and while their tests weren't exhaustive, they proved at least the disctinct possibility that mobile phone signals cause some interference with flight systems.
I always laugh when I think about this, because if Boeing was as reliable as Cingular, there'd be a lot more people driving. 🙄
Give me a car anyday.
It's more of a protection measure by the carriers to protect their networks. At 35-45K feet, that's only about 7-9 miles up (well within range of a cell cite). When flying over land, it is very easy to pick up far more sites than when one is terrestrial. This confuses the network and if enough people do this, could bring portions of it down, so hence the banning of cell phone usage.
Plus imagine how annoying it would be to...
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