way way OT: wireless on planes

[Enrique Arredondo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rasmussen" <ras at anzio.com>
To: "Enrique Arredondo" <henry at vegena.net>
Cc: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: way way OT: wireless on planes


> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Enrique Arredondo wrote:
>
>> Does anybody knows if it's bad for the plane electronics if I take my 
>> laptop
>> with wireless wifi 801.g and another friend same thing and then we player
>> multiplayer games on the plane from different seats ?
>
> The instructions I usually get are to avoid running anything that
> uses radio waves. This would certainly apply to Wi-Fi. I usually turn off
> my Wi-Fi (I have a switch on the case), and eject my cell-modem.
>
> I have noted that they especially mention GPS devices. I suspect that this
> is because radio receivers tend to transmit some also.
>
> In the news recently, the FAA and the FCC are reexamining both WiFi and
> cell phone possibilities.
>
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

Imagine been able to wifi to the plane's router and get information about 
plane speed, current location, gas indicator, and order drinks or request 
pillows , watch movies using quicktime. Requesting a car rental upon arrival 
or make flight changes on the "fly".