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jjoshua
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join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ

jjoshua

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What about airphone?

Any law would have to ban airphone calls.

Eagles1221
join:2009-04-29
Vincentown, NJ

Eagles1221

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the airlines make money off that so that's acceptable - obviously
ptb42
join:2002-09-30
USA

ptb42

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said by Eagles1221:

the airlines make money off that so that's acceptable - obviously

Airfones were removed from most US airlines long ago. It was still used on private and government aircraft, but was permanently decommissioned last year. GogoInflight is using the frequency allocation for additional bandwidth.

But, you can expect that the airlines would insist on a revenue sharing agreement if they put a micro-cell in their plane with a dedicated downlink (terrestrial or satellite).

I think it would be helpful to consider the European, Asian, and Middle Eastern airlines that already offer the ability to use your cell phone to make phone calls and send/receive text messages. They appear on phone bills as international roaming, and are priced accordingly.

One of the companies that has been providing this service to airlines for 4 years reports that they have yet to hear a report of a problem precipitated by use of cell phones on planes.