[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Looger

not quite.

i've heard of it working, i think there was a mythbusters aboot it and i've read accounts from RF engineers that are 'yay' and 'nay'.

this was over heavily populated areas, ie. the NE united states, so there are a lot of towers.

but i have a hard time believing there was much conversation over cell phones with a plane going 400 mph, blasting through cells like keith richards through his painkillers. maybe 5 second calls, tops. i mean, they drop out on cars on the highway, like all the time.

i don't dispute the possibility, but i do dispute the idea of multiple calls lasting long enough to convey an actual conversation.

as for airphones, i'm sure 90+ percent of CP'ers have been on a plane and at least SEEN the things used. no kidding they work.

So really, you're just pulling out of your ass your objection that people couldn't have been using cellphones on these particular commercial flights.

Isn't that right?

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...cell_air2.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/0...ail/index.html

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...airliners&meta=

Cowperson