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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5607)	1/3/2003 3:35:01 PM
From: pheilman_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12231

The cellphone in the airplane may not be able to reduce its transmit power enough to avoid being heard in several cells. The ratio of the distances is very different from on the ground. The inverse square attenuation in signals doesn't help as much when there is line of sight to several base stations and just a small percentage difference in the distance. In addition the doppler shift is challenging. I was amazed the Motorola phone with service by Verizon (CDMA) was able to get in the net while we were descending over San Jose, about 25 miles out, several thousand feet in altitude and 200 MPH (?). Wish I had a GPS unit running at the time ;-) . We were in a dreadful 767 and thus didn't get to see the track and movement information on the displays. It strikes me that your solution to cavities might also be Wacky Wireless.