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Subject: Re: Time to stop flying? Posted on: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:52:55 +0100

Martin wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:47:56 +0100, "Gerald Oliver Swift"
> wrote:
>
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7334372.stm
> >
> >Mobile phone calls will be allowed on planes flying in European airspace
> >under new European Commission rules.
> >The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an
> >altitude of 3,000m or more.
>
> I can imagine it won't be long before a phone user has his phone inserted into
> him/her.

It won't be cheap. Most transatlantic flights I've been on recently have
air phones in economy, and I can't say I've noticed people using them
much.

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