Jerome

See here.

Personally, I normally try and sleep on a plane, so I'd be pretty naffed off if some idiot spent several hours shouting into their mobile right next to me.

If this ever comes to fruition, I shall buy one of those mobile phone blockers.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

But at least it will mean I can switch my phone on and be able to play pac-man

Buckrogers

Can't get a signal in my cellar, let alone 36,000ft up!

hades

About time too. Now all we need is a load of 20,000ft tall masts near all major flight paths, e.g. near the North Pole, mid Atlantic etc, so I can get a decent signal.

Graz

The plane will have it's own cell, no need for 20,000ft masts

And the kit I make will be used to relay your mobile phone call via satellite to the ground based networks. (http://www.emssatcom.com/solutions/s_aeronautical.asp)

Keeps me in work

Internet access is also coming

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...ighlight=plane

letdown

Great ! The one last place for peace and quiet. Now we will divs with sad ring tones and replacing the "Im on the train" to "Im on the plane" !....arrrrghhhhh!

I can imagine a few people getting a whack by someone. Certain people on planes need the slightest thing to set them off.

Freak

If they make it compulsory that they must be on silent/vibrate only- then maybe
even better would be text messages only- no calls allowed.

Still a pain tho- and i can see it receiving a mixed response.

lol
'First class ticket please'
'Certainly sir- would you like phoning or non phoning?'

ScoobyJawa

I can anyway - gotta love "airplane mode"

corradoboy

FFS, WTF did we all do before we had the bl00dy things Barring an emergency call relating to nearest & dearest, can't we leave the things alone even for a few minutes. I always thought smokers were sad, the desperation they suffered if they couldn't have their fix, but phone freaks are worse. If there was one thing I could un-invent ....

I don't even switch mine on, unless I'm away from home and not with my partner. £50 credit lasts me 2 years. If only I was clever enough to have put all the money I've saved over the years into buying shares in mobile companies. License to print money

Leslie

Can't believe they are so stupid as to allow that sort of irritating racket on aircraft. You always get the person who thinks they have to shout at the phone too, totally unnecessary but very anti-social.

Les

matt.bowey

The 1st systems will make use of the aircraft communications systems, & it aint gonna be cheap......! I expect it to be a few years/decades before you connect direct to vodafone!!

Graz

Oiii that's my livelyhood you lot are moaning about Keeps me in beer

Having said that I hardly use my mobile either and yes it is very irritating on the train etc. As mentioned it will be quite expensive to use you mobile on the aircraft, at least the cost of an international call when roaming (i.e. at least £1 min). Should put most people off

Flatcapdriver

This will do wonders for flight safety.

ajm

I have seen some muppet on his phone as we were taxiing for take off! Apart from ignoring the stewardess who had told him to switch it off 5 minutes earlier it was suprisingly (and grotesquely) intrusive having someone rah-rahing into his phone in such an unfamiliar environment!

I can definately see complaints arising from this.

Every time you hear a buzzing noise on the tannoy everyone will be looking around to see who is about to get a text message!

jods

Excellent - NOT

So the boss can keep calling whilst on a 9 hour Atlantic crossing. No rest from work anywhere ????

King RA

Business people have business phones so I doubt the cost will make any difference.

ajm

Hint:

Make calls very expensive, make internet very cheap!