Phone on the plane

[e5]

Not during take off and landing for sure, but they say don't anyway because it COULD interfear with their electrics.

[Adam!]

I don't think you can, however some airlines allow you to have your mobile in flight mode.

which also brings me on... does that mean I have to have the Wi-Fi on my iPod switched off when I go to Egypt next Sunday?

Yes it does, however, why you'd want your Wifi turned on when they're are no wireless signals is beyond me anyway.

[today]

Weird, when I flew they let me keep mine on flight mode :S

At this current stage, unless its changed without me knowing. All mobile phones should be switched off unless the airlines allow you to have it turned on in Flight Mode. (e.g British Airways)

Its such a silly rule. Specially when some laptops can be used onflight.
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When i was on holiday, Thompson. They said all mobiles should be turned off however laptops, mps, ipods are alright to use. :\

[cocaine]

Its such a silly rule. Specially when some laptops can be used onflight.
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When i was on holiday, Thompson. They said all mobiles should be turned off however laptops, mps, ipods are alright to use. :\

yeah laptops are allowed if the wifi is off.. so hows that stupid?

[xxMATTGxx]

iPods don't transmit any signals though. Laptops can with wifi on, but theres no need for it when your like what 35,000ft in the air?

[Recursion]

Someones being reading the VATUK forum

Wait wut? Who?

They are afraid it would mess with the radio, not the radar, essentially a cell phone is a "radio" device, as it works in the same way as a two way radio, rx tx.

The thing is though cell phones use a "reuse" channel approach, which means it grabs onto any radio channel it can find to try and transmit the signal, which means my cell phone could go through your cell phone which could go through another cell phone just to reach the tower.

That way a whole seperate channel is not used just to connect to the tower.

Plus you would certainly loose signal, as cell phones work as their names imply.. in cells.. and that combined with the reuse technology, flying pretty fast over the ground, would make you connect to cell after cell after cell, not like a normal person driving.

The signal doesn't go straight up from the towers, if you have noticed the towers have angle deflectors on them to shoot the signal out in the specific areas of the cell, as well as to aim towards other towers to transmit the data.

Hence why you loose service going up mountains until you reach the radial point of another tower.

So all in all, at 3000 feet your not going to get a signal. Maybe on landing.. but not midflight.

Try making one next time you are cruising in a plane!

But yes, it does mess up the network as you are jumping from cell to cell extremely quickly.

[Dentafrice]

Wait wut? Who?



Try making one next time you are cruising in a plane!

But yes, it does mess up the network as you are jumping from cell to cell extremely quickly.

But up in the air, you can't get any signal, so there is no jumping from "cell to cell" like there is on the ground.

So if more then once person has their cell phone on, it would try to connect through it, which would make the signal stronger, which would try to connect through another radio device.. the radio.

[ebay]

On monday im going to spain and i was wondering am i allowed to keep it on phone & txt people?
Not entirely sure
Ross

Soon you will be able to. British Airways are testing out the service this summer and Emirates.

[today]

yeah laptops are allowed if the wifi is off.. so hows that stupid?

That's the thing, he was on the internet on Messenger. :S The flight attenders didn't seem to be bothered. Or didn't notice, not sure.

[cocaine]

That's the thing, he was on the internet on Messenger. :S The flight attenders didn't seem to be bothered. Or didn't notice, not sure.

ooh oh dear, maybe there was wifi installed on planes? I think its virgin airways that are thinking of install wifi ports on their planes