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FCC Chairman to End Plans to Allow In-Flight Cellphone Calls
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This ruling and article have absolutely zero to do with browsing on planes, which has been allowed in the US for some years (with approval of the airline itself). You're free to use your phone to browse all you like.
Don't these bans exist mostly to force consumers to pay the airline for communications service?
Imo what should be accepted during flight: Internet, messages with sound off - hell YES. Music, movies, games etc. - only with headphones. Voice calls - please NO... 
No, how are you going to make a call at 40,000 feet? You need wifi to make a call, which you will have to purchase anyway if you want to browse, surf
They could easily have phone booths/areas on flights where you have to take your phone up to it to make calls. Allows those who want to make calls without annoying those of us who don't want the annoyance.
If they have wifi, those who want to make voip calls will just go the loo.
I can see it now...knock knock, come on you've been in there for half an hour.
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Being a nuisance yes, but I can think of a few reasons as to why someone might want to make a call (In an allotted area on the plane away from passengers)...
* Tell someone that they can leave to pick you up (we have extortionate airport parking fees) (could be done with text though)
* Tell someone that your flight is delayed (could be done with text though)
* Speak to your kids if they are not with you, especially if you are on a long haul flight.
Use a Bluetooth interface to the behind seat entertainment system to minimize radio interferrence and use IP and VoIT.
I realize you're being sarcastic and terrorists do not follow laws but security forces always need to minimize false positives in any situation. Same reason why drones cannot fly willy nilly nearby secured areas. It's that much harder to identify and take down one drone when 99 other drones are also flying around. This is only the first step. Soon, cell phone detection systems will be standardized in all passenger planes followed by full bans of our devices.
Have you even read the article?
Back in late 2013, The FCC announced plans to introduce a proposal that would allow passengers to use their cellular phones on airplanes during flight for making phone calls and browsing the web.
With Pai aiming to nix it completely, it sounds like cellphone usage while in flight, including data usage for web browsing and making voice calls, will continue to be banned.
A few years ago, I had to listen to a woman sitting next to me talking on Skype for about an hour. I could have strangled her.
Because it cuts in on the airline's racket of selling overpriced airline-to-ground phone service and wifi.
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But if she has been talking to someone next to her it would have been OK? Get a grip.
You clearly have zero idea how cellular technology actually works. Yes, mountain top cell sites are designed with longer ranges in mind, however, the antennas still point slightly DOWN in order to maximize signal-to-noise ratio on the GROUND.
You could have done a simple Wiki or Google search to learn these very basic things, but yet you brought ignorance and keyboard courage instead.
You can have the last word. But when you do, perhaps you can explain away this basic reference to antenna down-tilt...
https://www.pasternack.com/t-calculator-antenna-downtilt.aspx
It is not as easy - or inexpensive - as you believe and state...
Peace
Definitely agree with this one, but not for the reasons stated. I just don't want to hear someone jawing loudly into their phone next to me while I try to sleep. They should allow passengers to use data though, that seems more like a money grab for whatever wifi services they offer and not the purported safety issue.
Yes, we spend that amount of $$$ for luxury travel. Not hearing soon talking for 12 hours .....
I am not saying if you have a 12 hour flight that people are on the phone for 12 hours. I am saying there's no difference between people talking to each other or on the phone. Actually, the difference is less noise when you're on the phone.
Turn your phone on at 30k feet and tell us how many bars you have bro. Current cell towers are made to transmit horizontally, not vertically. Even if you can get signal for a few seconds you'll quickly pass out of the towers range and your call will drop.
Your provider would have to build new towers designed to transmit vertically and also place them in remote areas that planes travel over. Unless you're willing to see your bill increase 10x or more, I don't see that happening.
Use of wifi will continue to be allowed on flights.
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Use of VoIP apps is currently not allowed on in-flight wifi because of the bandwidth requirement. In-flight wifi doesn't have the bandwidth or low latency required for things like streaming video or VoIP. One person using VoIP would negatively impact service for everyone else on the plane. Because of this, each user has their connection speed limited to prevent any one person for causing a negative experience for all the others.
Perhaps I use a satellite phone, anyways that is beside the point. You are making up your own story, have a nice day.
