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To: pheilman_ who wrote (5606)	1/3/2003 3:06:16 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 12231

Paul, I have heard that that's the reason. But it's not the one given. Safety is given as the reason. When bureaucrats lie, they deserve to be ignored. There has also been plenty of writing about the safety implications of cellphones in aircraft. Because CDMA phones only transmit loud enough to be heard, the base station doesn't know whether it's 10 feet away or 1000 kilometres [other than the delay in the signal arriving]. So a call from an aircraft is as good as a call from a bicycle next to the base station. More or less anyway. TDMA, GSM and analogue phones should be banned if they are a problem. Or just ban the Nokia model. Banning CDMA too is unfair. Airlines are going to have to move with the times, just like everyone else. Why should an important call from an aircraft be sacrificed because some people in a supermarket line or queue of cars are bored and want to fill the time with some drivel? The answer to spectrum demand is, of course, Wacky Wireless! Mqurice

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