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Old April 7th, 2008, 07:47 PM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
Gerald Oliver Swift
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.

Gerry


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Old April 7th, 2008, 07:53 PM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
Spider Pig
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On 7 Apr, 20:47, "Gerald Oliver Swift" wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.

Gerry


I guess that planes won't crash now due to mobile phone
intereference....
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Old April 7th, 2008, 08:42 PM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
Roland Perry[_1_]
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In message
, at
11:53:30 on Mon, 7 Apr 2008, Spider Pig
remarked:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.

Gerry


I guess that planes won't crash now due to mobile phone
intereference....


Apparently my plane was recently in danger of crashing as it taxied
across the apron at Schiphol. Well, they announced we shouldn't turn our
phones on yet because of the interference they might cause...
--
Roland Perry
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Old April 7th, 2008, 09:21 PM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
John Kulp
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:53:30 -0700 (PDT), Spider Pig
wrote:

On 7 Apr, 20:47, "Gerald Oliver Swift" wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.

Gerry


I guess that planes won't crash now due to mobile phone
intereference....


That's a risk when the other passengers riot trying to throttle the
morons using them on planes.
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Old April 7th, 2008, 09:40 PM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
Mxsmanic
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Spider Pig writes:

I guess that planes won't crash now due to mobile phone
intereference....


Interference was never as much of an issue as the effects on the network.
That's why the FAA never prohibited cell phone use aboard aircraft, but the
FCC did.
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Old April 7th, 2008, 10:50 PM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
JohnT[_3_]
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
Spider Pig writes:

I guess that planes won't crash now due to mobile phone
intereference....


Interference was never as much of an issue as the effects on the network.
That's why the FAA never prohibited cell phone use aboard aircraft, but
the
FCC did.



In the UK/Europe?
--

JohnT

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Old April 7th, 2008, 10:52 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
David Horne, _the_ chancellor[_2_]
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Martin wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:47:56 +0100, "Gerald Oliver Swift"
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.


I can imagine it won't be long before a phone user has his phone inserted into
him/her.


It won't be cheap. Most transatlantic flights I've been on recently have
air phones in economy, and I can't say I've noticed people using them
much.

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(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins
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Old April 7th, 2008, 11:12 PM posted to rec.travel.europe
John Kulp
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:52:55 +0100, (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

Martin wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:47:56 +0100, "Gerald Oliver Swift"
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.


I can imagine it won't be long before a phone user has his phone inserted into
him/her.


It won't be cheap. Most transatlantic flights I've been on recently have
air phones in economy, and I can't say I've noticed people using them
much.


They never used them much in the US domestically either, which is why
Continental pulled them all out.
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Old April 8th, 2008, 12:03 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
irwell
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On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:12:16 GMT, (John Kulp)
wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:52:55 +0100,
(David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

Martin wrote:

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:47:56 +0100, "Gerald Oliver Swift"
wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.

I can imagine it won't be long before a phone user has his phone inserted into
him/her.


It won't be cheap. Most transatlantic flights I've been on recently have
air phones in economy, and I can't say I've noticed people using them
much.


They never used them much in the US domestically either, which is why
Continental pulled them all out.


I used them once when we had to let our hosts in L.A. know
we were delayed. About $10 for a one minute call in 1993.
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Old April 8th, 2008, 01:48 AM posted to alt.travel.uk.air,rec.travel.europe
Jeff Hacker[_1_]
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"Gerald Oliver Swift" wrote in message
...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm

Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
under new European Commission rules.
The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
altitude of 3,000m or more.

Gerry



I think it is time to buy stock in the Bose company (which makes those great
noise canceling headphones).

Jeff

 




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