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I believe the original poster is going on a private flight. Jane "N. Richard Solis" wrote: > > Boeing was supposed to be testing a high speed internet service for > commercial aircraft. There was a news item about it some time back. The > idea was that you would have a similar service in flight to what they have > now in hotels via companies like Wayport. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Pawlukiewicz Jane > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 2:08 PM > To: Mansey Jon; [email protected] > Subject: Re: How do I log on while in flight? > > Notice he said analog circuits. Digital is different. Cell service sucks > because everybody uses it, you can think of creating your own DOS on the > MSO through everyone everywhere picking up their cell phone and > attempting a call. MSOs were never designed to carry every possible call > made from every possible cell phone that could enter their range. > > The laws about cell phone usage in airplanes are ancient. > > Jane > > "Mansey, Jon" wrote: > > > > Does anyone else find this too hard to believe? I cant be the only one who > > has inadvertantly forgotten to power off their cell phone while flying. > This > > must happen all the time, but we don't hear about horrible DoS of cell > > networks. > > > > Or is this why cell service sucks so badly in some places? ;-) > > > > Jm > > > > > To add to it, it is not system specific. Depending on the > > > size of the MSA (metropolitin service area) or RSA (rural > > > service area) footprint, there may be as many as 4 or 5 > > > cellular network carriers effected in this cascading failure > > > by a SINGLE airborne mobile. > > > > > > So, now you know one of the more UNKNOWN reasons why it is > > > not legal to use a cell phone while airborne. It is a great > > > way to DoS the network and the carriers, subscribers, and FCC > > > don't want that. begin:vcard n:Pawlukiewicz;Jane tel;cell:703 517-2591 tel;fax:703 289-5814 tel;work:703 289-5307 x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:Booz Allen Hamilton;Visit us on the Internet: <a href="http://boozallen.com";>BoozOnline</a> adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:[email protected] title:Senior Consultant fn:Jane Pawlukiewicz end:vcard
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