Air travel is about to get noisy
p2pnet.net News:- Airline passengers might soon have in-flight cell phones.
Or, “Air travel, already a less-than-pleasant experience, soon may become a whole lot worse,” as the San Francisco Chronicle’s David Lazarus puts it.
The Federal Communications Commission today approved a measure to restructure how “air-to-ground” services are used and allow the airlines to offer wireless high-speed Internet connections, says the Associated Press, continuing:
“Left undecided was the issue of how many companies the FCC would allow, through an auction, to offer such services.”
Verizon Airfone has the only surviving in-flight phone system and says letting one company handle the service, “would ensure the best quality, and existing technology can’t support two competitors,” states AP.
“And you thought one or two crying kids were an annoyance,” says Lazarus.
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See:-
in-flight cell phones - Passengers to get wireless connections, cell phone use weighed, Associated Press, December 15, 2004
whole lot worse – Can you hear me on a 747?, San Francisco Chronicle, December 15, 2004
