On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:52:55 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>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.
and to and from Oz/Far East. Likewise nobody used them.
--
Martin
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