Reply #29: baloney

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New York Times: "According to industry experts, it is possible to use cell phones with varying success during the ascent and descent of commercial airline flights, although the difficulty of maintaining a signal appears to increase as planes gain altitude. Some older phones, which have stronger transmitters and operate on analog networks, can be used at a maximum altitude of 10 miles, while phones on newer digital systems can work at altitudes of 5 to 6 miles. A typical airline cruising altitude would be 35,000 feet, or about 6.6 miles."


The following pages all suggest it is possible:
http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/0012/msg00093.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A14290-2003Jun19?language=printer
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20030428/1645207_F.shtml


Search term: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22cell+phone%22+airplane+high+altitude


http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=250959

http://www.slate.com/id/1008297 /
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-501431.html