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Study: Consumers Oppose Cell Phones in Flight
Banning cell phones will not stop telephone conversations in flight, at least so long as high-speed Internet access is available. Connexion by Boeing has already reported many customers using Skype to make phone calls via their laptop computers. There have also been a few reports of customers using the same connection to participate in a video conference.
Indeed, when Internet access is sold at a flat rate for an entire flight, why would anyone pay a roaming charge to use a cell phone? It would be roaming, you know, as the aircraft microcell is not owned by a carrier, but operates as an agent for them.
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