 ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA | to little to late Any airline that offer internet can also support voice over internet protocol. So basically regardless if they lift this ban or not people will still be able to talk on the phone. |
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| Who cares about any of this? Hello??? FAA! They have the ultimate say, not the FCC. Last I checked the FAA is not going to allow cell phones on planes anytime soon. So all this FCC junk is a waste of time IMO. |
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA | umm, VOIP is not a cell so no need for FAA permission, so like it or not people will be able to talk to other using VOIP. FAA will give approval in the next 2 year or so as study have been proven that talking on cell phone do not put airplane in any danger. |
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| Have you ever tried VOIP over a sattelite link? |
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ylen131
join:2000-02-09
Canoga Park, CA | said by keyboard5684:Have you ever tried VOIP over a sattelite link? if they have internet on airplane the VOIP will work just fine. |
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| Have you ever tried VOIP over a HIGH LATENCY link?
Internet connections from airplanes are not exactly low latency, nor without packet loss.
You will not be having much of a conversation over VOIP in an airplane. |
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JPCass
join:2001-01-23
Denver, CO | reply to ylen131
said by ylen131:Any airline that offer internet can also support voice over internet protocol. So basically regardless if they lift this ban or not people will still be able to talk on the phone. It depends on how much bandwidth is offered on the internet side, and what the routing latency is. There would be an incentive to throttle IP transmissions to the point that VOIP wouldn't work, forcing users to pay a premium for the cell phone repeater service; and that's not taking into account any practical limits on total bandwidth, which might require service apportioning by a combination of throttling and pricing.
And I hope that the voice service will cost enough of a premium, that people will use it sparingly. It seems much too likely to end up being loud and obnoxious. |
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| reply to UofMiamiGrad
The FAA has no rules prohibiting cell phones on planes. The FAA rules currently state that properly licensed transmitting equipment may be used on airplanes with permission of the operator of the airplane (in this case the airline) and the pilot.
FCC rules currently prohibit cell phone use on airplanes in flight, not FAA rules. The rule was established because an airborne cell phone, transmitting at high power could disrupt ground-bound conversations to many other cellular users on the same channel (a theory that probably held more water in the days of 3-watt analog cell phones). If the cell phone is operating at low power, communicating with a cell site on the airplane itself, the ground interference should not happen (at least, that's the theory).
Therefore, if the FCC were to relax their rules, it would be up to the airlines to permit or not permit cell phone use. You may recall that airlines originally prohibited cell phone use during all times the door was closed. Now, most permit use during the taxi from the runway to the gate. |
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