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And you are inside a metal tube that does a good job of shielding I suspect, at least if you are not close to a window.
Any they don't turn in WiFi until they're in the sky because they don't want people on their devices (and I'm sure there are technical reasons as well).
So my guess this has to do with article's author personal experience on his/her country implementation of technology.
Slightly related to a comment in the article about airport interiors being so big: Why is it that almost _all_ airports have those huge ceilings? Is it just for aesthetics? Personally it feels really uncomfortable and just wasteful. I can't help but think you could make airports a hell of a lot smaller and make it a better experience overall. An interesting contrast is Narita's low-cost-carrier terminal 3. It has nor…
This is not an issue I have ever experienced. I can’t get reliable coverage in my office but planes on the ground seem to be fine (mostly Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Des Moines). Maybe it affect some airports more than others.
Perhaps it's only certain service providers, airports, or just airports the author has used and is extrapolating?
The 700-850 MHz band had some good range (miles), so while there might be challenges from being in a metal tube, is be somewhat surprised if there's not a mobile tower nearby.. if not multiple. The usual problem in this setting is overcrowding, so most highly populated public places have overlapping coverage. The author makes it seem like no cell towers would exist within 10 miles of an airport, which would mean nobody near an airport would have good service (including homes, or roadways)
This is not an issue I have ever experienced. I can’t get reliable coverage in my office but planes on the ground seem to be fine (mostly Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis, Des Moines). Maybe it affect some airports more than others.
Not a problem in my country. Every time I flew internally people were texting and watching youtube all the way to the point where the crew had to tap on their shoulder before take-off to switch to airplane mode or shut them off. So my guess this has to do with article's author personal experience on his/her country implementation of technology.
Not a problem in my country. Every time I flew internally people were texting and watching youtube all the way to the point where the crew had to tap on their shoulder before take-off to switch to airplane mode or shut them off. So my guess this has to do with article's author personal experience on his/her country implementation of technology.
Does anything actually happen if nobody switches their phone to airplane mode and kept watching videos on YouTube? I have witnessed some people do the policing on behalf of flight attendees, but I'm never sure enough to say that rule has no scientific basis.
Often you can tell that your phone is about to ring before the phone even begins to vibrate or chime.
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-speakers-make-noise-when-mobile...
There is a high likelihood that this isn’t a problem now and hasn’t been a problem for some time; but it might be wise to err on the side of caution if you want your pilot not to have to repeat or request repeats of radio information.
And once you’re in the air your phone will frenetically try to connect to a cell tower, absolutely murdering battery life. So you should turn it off after take off anyway just for your own battery sake.
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Does anything actually happen if nobody switches their phone to airplane mode and kept watching videos on YouTube? I have witnessed some people do the policing on behalf of flight attendees, but I'm never sure enough to say that rule has no scientific basis.
Our phones GSM bands interfere with unsheilded radios. The effect is most prominent when you’re getting a call and you’re close to a hifi system. Often you can tell that your phone is about to ring before the phone even begins to vibrate or chime. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-speakers-make-noise-when-mobile... There is a high likelihood that this isn’t a problem now and hasn’t been a problem for some time; but it mig…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does anything actually happen if nobody switches their phone to airplane mode and kept watching videos on YouTube? I have witnessed some people do the policing on behalf of flight attendees, but I'm never sure enough to say that rule has no scientific basis.
Our phones GSM bands interfere with unsheilded radios. The effect is most prominent when you’re getting a call and you’re close to a hifi system. Often you can tell that your phone is about to ring before the phone even begins to vibrate or chime. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-speakers-make-noise-when-mobile... There is a high likelihood that this isn’t a problem now and hasn’t been a problem for some time; but it mig…