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I don’t think that’s true, or at least how you worded it is bad. Events of thousands of people don’t make you turn off your cell phone, so it’s not because of t
by hacym 4y ago
I don’t think that’s true, or at least how you worded it is bad. Events of thousands of people don’t make you turn off your cell phone, so it’s not because of traffic to a tower. Instead, it’s interference caused by altitude and the pinging of towers.
It’s actually an FCC regulation that requires it, so it’s not a courtesy as you say.
- chimeracoder 4y ago> I don’t think that’s true, or at least how you worded it is bad. Events of thousands of people don’t make you turn off your cell phone, so it’s not because of traffic to a tower. First of all, if you've ever been to an event with hundreds or thousands of people (such as a parade or a rally), you'll notice that even though you have "full bars", your service is degraded beyond usability, and you'll receive text messages hours late. But in this case, the issue is that people's phones will be trying to connect to many different towers in short succession, as the plane travels.
- hacym 4y agoAre you trying to tell me I’m wrong by repeating what I said? > Instead, it’s interference caused by altitude and the pinging of towers.
- NavinF 4y ago> It’s actually an FCC regulation that requires it I don't believe you. Regardless, I have never used airplane mode on an airplane and I never will.
- samdcbu 4y agoIn 2013 the FCC started a regulatory preceding to evaluate allowing the use of mobile phones on airplanes, because currently there is an FCC regulation prohibiting cellular mobile phone use while a plane is in the air. in 2013 the FCC also said there were no technical reasons to prohibit their use in flight. But the preceding was ended in 2020 with no rule-making because of opposition from pilots and flight attendants.
- FireBeyond 4y ago47 CFR 22.925. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/22.925#:~:text=Cellular%20telephones%20installed%20in%20or,aircraft%20must%20be%20turned%20off https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/47/22.925#:~:text=Cellu....
- NavinF 4y agoThanks, TIL. I guess I'll continue to ignore that law :)
- hacym 4y agoYou don’t follow it so there isn’t an FCC regulation? Cool guy.
- NavinF 4y ago"Regardless" implies that I will not follow such a silly law even if it turns out to be real.