Danny
Jedi
I came across this article that would prove quite interesting in the face of the 9/11 "phone calls" from the planes.
http://tech.msn.com/Mobile/article.aspx?cp-documentid=513226 is the link for the entire article
but the 2 most interesting paragraphs were....
"I know. Talk about adding insult to injury. The airborne cell phone probably won't become widespread until 2006 or 2007, but that hasn't stopped people from speculating about the demise of having civilized conversation from an airplane. I'm not here to do that, mostly because airline travel was never civilized to begin with, at least for those of us who traveled after the 1970s."
and
"Myth #4: Onboard wireless means your cell phone works on the plane. Not even close."(Did you see that??? NOT EVEN CLOSE!) "It doesn't even mean anything on the plane is wireless-enabled. Consult your airline's Web site carefully before making plans to connect wirelessly. For example, KLM just began offering text messaging and e-mail on its Boeing 777s, which operate on routes to New York, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Cape Town, Dubai, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing and Manila. A cursory glance at the service might lead you to believe that you can use your cell phone to send messages. Not true. In KLM's case, you use your in-seat, in-flight-entertainment system to send the messages at a cost of $2.50 each. Other airlines have installed onboard high-speed wireless Internet services, but haven't added the cellular equipment."
hmmmmm! I wonder if this Christopher Elliot (author of article) would like to answer a couple of our questions.
http://tech.msn.com/Mobile/article.aspx?cp-documentid=513226 is the link for the entire article
but the 2 most interesting paragraphs were....
"I know. Talk about adding insult to injury. The airborne cell phone probably won't become widespread until 2006 or 2007, but that hasn't stopped people from speculating about the demise of having civilized conversation from an airplane. I'm not here to do that, mostly because airline travel was never civilized to begin with, at least for those of us who traveled after the 1970s."
and
"Myth #4: Onboard wireless means your cell phone works on the plane. Not even close."(Did you see that??? NOT EVEN CLOSE!) "It doesn't even mean anything on the plane is wireless-enabled. Consult your airline's Web site carefully before making plans to connect wirelessly. For example, KLM just began offering text messaging and e-mail on its Boeing 777s, which operate on routes to New York, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Cape Town, Dubai, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing and Manila. A cursory glance at the service might lead you to believe that you can use your cell phone to send messages. Not true. In KLM's case, you use your in-seat, in-flight-entertainment system to send the messages at a cost of $2.50 each. Other airlines have installed onboard high-speed wireless Internet services, but haven't added the cellular equipment."
hmmmmm! I wonder if this Christopher Elliot (author of article) would like to answer a couple of our questions.