Why is this a big deal?

[FluffyMcDeath]

If passengers in Hijacked airplanes were able to make cell phone calls in 2001, why is this a big deal?

[seer]

I guess they mean phone calls at higher altitudes or over sea. The GSM800/900/1800 standard aren't ment for this, that's why they turn to sattelites.

[T_Bone]

Can you hear me now?

[KennyR]

Planes are one of the last safe places where you can actually relax and enjoy travel without some big mouth on a mobile phone jabbering in a very loud voice all day about their nights out or who they're dating this week. It's a haven from stupid ring tones and idiotic unneccessary texting beeps. Don't take it away and give it to the airheads to terrorize like all the buses and trains!

[cecilia]

".......Maybe (we'll) go to something like that," says Peltola. He adds jokingly: "Or maybe (we'll) have little plastic cones drop down from the ceiling when you talk on the phone."

:roflmao:

THE CONE OF SILENCE!