British regulators OK cell phones in planes
One of the final hurdles preventing Europeans from talking on their cell phones while flying through European airspace has been cleared.
I can’t say that I am thrilled by the prospect of getting on a plane and having to listen to the other passengers talking loudly on their phones but the following questions immediately to mind (call them practical difficulties if you will) :
1) What telephone network will you be using if you’re up in the sky? Will you be bounced from network to network as the plane flies at top speed across Europe? If so, what does that do to the quality of the call? Will you be able to hear the other person over the noise of the plane engines?
2) More importantly, what does that do to the COST of the call? Would the call be considered a national call? An international call? If you suddenly get bounced to another mobile phone network, do you get surcharged? If the plane crosses a border, what then? Will you get a huge bill for calling your mum?
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