| "The Captain has turned on the no cell phone sign" At this point there is no connectivity for US air passengers. One or two Europeans have it. I do however have mobile ip service on my cell thru Nextel that I use on my laptop in the car when I'm out doing work as a Real Estate Appraiser. If they set up "pico cells" on planes to forward GSM and CDMA signals to/from the ground then that means that some of us will have internet in flight.
If I have to go by means of my phone to get internet in flight, then so be it... I'll be too audible pre-occupied with my headphones on listening to music and surfing the web the whole time to ever be distracted by some loud mouth, drunk, or self-absorbed person talking on his cell phone. And granted my own statement sounds just as absorbed... but it's my 2 cents that are equal to any of yours.
I bet most people here that either like or dislike the cell ban are just itching for kind of in-flight wireless connection. I see no difference, everyone has their preferred method of distraction while on a plane... let them have choices.
Maybe if it gets really bad, after the ban is lifted, the airlines will be nice and have "quiet times" during flights longer than 3 hours so that all the whiners can rest in peace. Sheesh, like people won't adapt to the environment they are in. MP3 players are still climbing in sales, I'm sure anyone who isn't talking on a phone will be listening to something else after a while. Travellers like choices and experienced travellers always have their in-flight toys.
Getting too long here.... enough said. Line Test should be done, I'm out. |
