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To: chaz who wrote (8379)	10/17/1999 12:08:00 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

I don't have much use for a cell phone (or at least I don't think I do....yet) so there are a couple of things I hope someone can answer for me. 1) Can they be operated from within an aircraft in flight and are there any limitations? and 2) Can they be hooked up to a laptop? (I'm thinking of the person who has worked up a spreadsheet, a letter, a quote to a customer, etc, with the laptop and who then wants to send it to someone else, and is this the way to do something like that?) i will try these questions...from my personal experiences...i am not an expert here. i have made cell phone calls while in flight. i have been using a us robotics modem with x-jack connector with my cell phone and laptop for a coupla years...very slow though. could be my old laptop. new one coming next month. part of the slowness is that the downloads have to be analog not digital (whatever that means). but it does work. i have done trades from a picnic bench at the beach.

To: chaz who wrote (8379)	10/17/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Chaz, << cell phone ... 1) Can they be operated from within an aircraft in flight and are there any limitations? Not legally today by FCC standards on a commercial flight, but practically yes, subject to cell site availability and signal). << 2) Can they be hooked up to a laptop? (I'm thinking of the person who has worked up a spreadsheet, a letter, a quote to a customer, etc, with the laptop and who then wants to send it to someone else, and is this the way to do something like that?) >> Absolutely. GSM but limited to 9.6 Kbps data service on GSM and 14.4 with CDMA currently. Perhaps faster with some wireless modems (as opposed to phones) but I'm not sure about that. - Eric -