Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes

Matty the Monkey writes "The British regulator in charge of air travel has approved cellphones for use on airline flights, reports the BBC. Airlines will be allowed to activate base stations in the plane's tail after takeoff, creating a zone of mobile coverage around the plane. 'The services could stop working once aircraft leave European airspace. Initially, only second generation networks will be offered but growing interest would mean that third generation, or 3G, services would follow later, said Ofcom. The cost of making a mobile phone call from a plane will be higher than making one from the ground.'"

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Re:Yay, I can't wait

[pandrijeczko]

I know babies can't help it, but the parents could at least try and comfort them instead of letting them scream their heads off.

My view on it is quite simple - an entity that is in a state of maturation whereby all it does is eat, sleep, cry a lot and shit itself probably does not give a tinker's cuss whether or not it spends two weeks in Benidorm or two weeks in the home of its grandparents so save some money and leave the bloody thing at home!