On Jan 06, 2007, at 12:04 PM, John M. wrote:
> What about the flights that allow you to buy wifi access? Thats using
> WiFi while the plane is flying, you're just paying the airlines to
> use it.
Never been on one
I'd think they must have ways (using Farraday cages, etc) to shield
the internal avionics from interference
I'd even find it harder to believe they use the same frequencies that
consumer WiFi would
It's probably a case of being overly cautious
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