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Cell Phones on Commercial Flights by 2006?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the phoning-home dept.

NetCurl writes "I heard the news on MPR's Marketplace today. Apparently the non-profit Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics is studying the effects of wireless and other portable communications devices on commercial airliners. I've already noticed that a couple airlines have loosened requirements on when you can use your cell phone on the ground. Is the next step wireless access in the cabin, and loud cell phone chatter in the skies over the mid-west?"

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  1. Over the Midwest?? The accent... the horror... by GojiraDeMonstah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm from Texas so I shouldn't bitch, but the idea of the cast from Fargo jibber jabbering about every inane little event that happened on their vacation... Amtrack's still in business, right?

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