That teaches me to speculate on a report of a report.
On the one hand I am relieved about the inaccuracy and on the other hand I have to
at myself for believing MR at face value.
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U.S. Department of Transportation to Pursue Ban on In-Flight Cell Phone Calls
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That teaches me to speculate on a report of a report.
On the one hand I am relieved about the inaccuracy and on the other hand I have to
at myself for believing MR at face value.
Considering how loud and inconsiderate people are using phones on other forms of transportation (buses, trains) can you imagine the nightmare of trying to go through a flight with people yacking for hours?
That teaches me to speculate on a report of a report.
On the one hand I am relieved about the inaccuracy and on the other hand I have to
Yup, the inaccuracies pawned as news by MR is approaching epic proportions. I come in here these days mainly to catch stuff like this and I am rarely disappointed.
DOT, please let me know which super cell phone can actually get any signal while in flight. That would be the phone I am going to get so that I can actually annoy others...(Guess what, there isn't...)
I haven't found big businesses to be any more ethical or responsible than the government. Hell, at this point, I'd say government is the lesser of two evils.
Banning seems extreme to me. Some people will want to talk on the phone. I mean will they ban talking to the person next to you next because it annoys the person on the other side of you or behind or in front of you? It's like banning hand-free phones in cars. There might be some benefit to safety, but it's too much like banning talking to another passenger and therefore absurd.
In addition to the possibilities of a separate "class" area for cell allowed use or "phone booths", how about a pay-for-a-fee Bluetooth powered privacy "call" helmet that simultaneously provides them privacy for calls and reduced environmental noise and quiet for the people around them. I think the Back To The Future game by Telltale Games had a call helmet in it that comes to mind.
In addition to the possibilities of a separate "class" area for cell allowed use or "phone booths", how about a pay-for-a-fee Bluetooth powered privacy "call" helmet that simultaneously provides them privacy for calls and reduced environmental noise and quiet for the people around them. I think the Back To The Future game by Telltale Games had a call helmet in it that comes to mind.
I like the idea of a call helmet or cone of silence. I was at a football game trying to listen to a voice mail left by a quiet talker (colleague) on my cell phone and I could not make out what he was saying even when I went to the quietest part of the stadium even on full volume.I think the Back To The Future game by Telltale Games had a call helmet in it that comes to mind.
But what you still can't know is how long your plane will taxi at the airport until it reaches the gate, how long it will take to receive your luggage, and, if you are flying internationally, how long you will be held up in customs.
I don't want to hear my neighbor talking on the phone while flying.
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Man, what did you do before cell phones when you went to football games. You certainly didn't get distracted by voice mails or FB updates or text messages or tweets or......
Nope, you didn't really need a phone with you. Shut your phone off when you go to an event. You really don't need to immediately know who calls. It can wait. if it was that important, you wouldn't be at the football game in the first place.
Yeah, it's way more "fun" to have people do those mega-loud whistles right in your ear or have them scream at the top of their lungs at people on the field who can't freaking even hear them (just me as my ear rings on its way to deafness from overzealous "fans"). Personally, I'd take someone talking in a reasonable tone on the phone over that any day of the week.
Considering how loud and inconsiderate people are using phones on other forms of transportation (buses, trains) can you imagine the nightmare of trying to go through a flight with people yacking for hours?
Agreed. I hope in-flight calling never gets approved.
Cell towers are omnidirectional that means that means going up too.
Issue is, to what range and at what power level?
I know I've left my phone on by accident a couple of times, and it did not have service in flight.
Now, one thing I can say, is thank god those ******* nextel phones are a thing of the past. Every time I heard that ear-piercing double beep, followed by some assclown yelling at the top of his lungs into it, and with the volume turned up to concert levels, I wanted to grab it out of his hand and smash it against the wall. I'm getting violent just thinking about them.
Now, one thing I can say, is thank god those ******* nextel phones are a thing of the past. Every time I heard that ear-piercing double beep, followed by some assclown yelling at the top of his lungs into it, and with the volume turned up to concert levels, I wanted to grab it out of his hand and smash it against the wall. I'm getting violent just thinking about them.
Woah woah woah, no it doesn't. Omni-directional usually means equal signal strength in ONE plane. Imagine a doughnut. It's round and has a constant diameter in ONE plane (horizontal), but not vertical (along the dipole axis):Cell towers are omnidirectional that means that means going up too.
Signal graph of a typical omni antenna (whip):
So if you're directly over (or under) a typical omni antenna, you get very poor signal strength.
Right now. One row in front of me. The reason I'm glad cell phone use will be banned from flight.