Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Phones in the Movies Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 89 03:33:28 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 15 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 524, message 3 of 9 A friend who works at KOMO Radio in Seattle told me that their air traffic guy during drive time was told by THE FCC to stop using a cellular phone from his small plane. They said it was ILLEGAL! It had nothing to do with interfering with the operation of the plane. I understand that they are worried about a strong signal from up high being picked up by many cells, and making that frequency unavailable over a wide area. I can see the technical problems with this, but had no idea that it was illegal! The traffic reporter's name is Ted Potter. Tad Cook tad@ssc.UUCP