CSCell phone use on airplanes - OT

2010-01-12 Thread Dan Nave
A while back we had a conversation about why you can't use cell phones
on an airplane.
I thought this reason made some sense.

Dan

From Mercola...

While, in theory, using a cell phone or other wireless device could
interfere with the functions of an airliner, it’s not likely.
Communication systems onboard planes have been shielded from
electromagnetic interference since the 1960s.

The real reason why you can’t use your cell phone on a plane has much
more to do with their impact on cell phone towers. If you’re flying at
35,000 feet, your cell phone’s signals could reach hundreds of towers
at once, and cell phone companies are not set up to handle this type
of roaming agreement.

That said, if you’re a frequent flyer you should be counting your
lucky stars that cell phone use is currently prohibited on flights --
and not because you don’t have to suffer through other passengers’
loud personal calls, either!


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Re: CSCell phone use on airplanes - OT

2010-01-12 Thread Marshall Dudley
When inside an airplane you are in a pretty good Faraday shield.  It 
would not affect hundreds of towers, it would in fact hardly make it out 
of the plane.  A little would make it out the windows, but that would be 
horizontal and would end up going out into space.


Marshall

Dan Nave wrote:

A while back we had a conversation about why you can't use cell phones
on an airplane.
I thought this reason made some sense.

Dan

From Mercola...

While, in theory, using a cell phone or other wireless device could
interfere with the functions of an airliner, it’s not likely.
Communication systems onboard planes have been shielded from
electromagnetic interference since the 1960s.

The real reason why you can’t use your cell phone on a plane has much
more to do with their impact on cell phone towers. If you’re flying at
35,000 feet, your cell phone’s signals could reach hundreds of towers
at once, and cell phone companies are not set up to handle this type
of roaming agreement.

That said, if you’re a frequent flyer you should be counting your
lucky stars that cell phone use is currently prohibited on flights --
and not because you don’t have to suffer through other passengers’
loud personal calls, either!


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