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RE: How do I log on while in flight?
From: "Mansey, Jon" <Jon_Mansey () verestar com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:09:18 -0700
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.
Current thread:
- RE: How do I log on while in flight?, (continued)
- RE: How do I log on while in flight? Gary E. Miller (Jun 27)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Joe Abley (Jun 27)
- RE: How do I log on while in flight? Leigh Anne Chisholm (Jun 27)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Keith Woodworth (Jun 27)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Stephen Sprunk (Jun 27)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? David Charlap (Jun 27)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Hermann Wecke (Jun 27)
- RE: How do I log on while in flight? Tony Hain (Jun 27)
- RE: How do I log on while in flight? Irwin Lazar (Jun 27)
- FW: How do I log on while in flight? Jacob M Wilkens (Jun 27)
- RE: How do I log on while in flight? Mansey, Jon (Jun 28)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Pawlukiewicz Jane (Jun 28)
- RE: How do I log on while in flight? N. Richard Solis (Jun 28)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Pawlukiewicz Jane (Jun 28)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Hermann Wecke (Jun 28)
- Re: How do I log on while in flight? Pawlukiewicz Jane (Jun 28)