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FCC Says No to Mobile Phones on Airplane
GayBliss writes "CNN is reporting that the FCC has decided to keep a rule in place that would ban mobile phone usage on airplanes. The FAA has a similar ban, but for different reasons. 'In an order released Tuesday, the agency noted that "insufficient technical information" was available on whether airborne cell phone calls would jam networks below. [...]Unlike the Federal Aviation Administration, which bans the use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices for fear they will interfere with navigational and communications systems, the FCC's concern is interference with other cell phone signals on the ground.'"
Why the ban? So they can get $5/minute out of you and your credit card using the ridiculous AT&T phones installed in the back of the seat in front of you.
Technical information to say they interfere with systems? They most absolutely certainly do not. I bring my cell phone on every trip. I intentionally leave my phone on. I NEVER turn it off. And when I have it out, I turn my laptop screen off and intentionally leave the laptop itself on. Just to be a contrarian dickhead. And guess what? My planes have never crashed. Never veered off course. Never lost power. Nothing. It's fine.