In a message dated 10/14/2007 11:09:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The last time I looked into this in depth (caveat: it's been a few years so my info may be out of date), the _FAA_ had no problems with people using cell phones on planes but the _FCC_ did. The concern was not interference with avionics, but potentially confusing the cellular switching network because a phone at high altitude might be within range of more towers simultaneously than a phone on the ground ...
... and the cellular networks had not been adequately tested in that mode to determine whether it was an _actual_ problem or not ... ========= Interesting. Never thought of that. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
