Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wrgrac1!j_prigot@uunet.uu.net (Jonathan M. Prigot) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Telephone Causes Airline Fire Alarm Message-ID: Date: 25 Aug 89 12:49:50 GMT Organization: W.R. Grace & Company Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 328, message 6 of 8 In article , jjs@ihlpz.att.com (James J Sowa) writes: > Cellular phones don't have to be on the ground to answer a page message and > start alerting. RF is able to travel vertical and horizonal. That is one of > the reasons people were able to use cellular phones on commercial airline > flights until they were banned by the FAA. Does anyone know the differences that make use of private cellular phones "dangerous" and the use of public cellular phones on planes "safe"? -- Jonathan M. Prigot Telephone: 617-861-6600 x2148 W. R. Grace & Co. UUCP: j_prigot@wrgrac1.UUCP 55 Hayden Avenue (...!wang!wrgrac1!j_prigot) Lexington, MA 02173 1989 Poster child