I think more importantly would be to get wifi working. Then maybe cell phones on the plane wouldn't be as such a big deal, people could just use Voip. Also wouldn't the plane company want this not to pass as they can charge and arm and a leg for there in flight calls?
Even if wi-fi is working you can still block VOIP which I would hope they do. It will be a sad day when they allow people to yap their heads off on a phone in a plane. It will probably be a violent day too as passengers beat the crap out of the annoying idiot next to them yelling into their phone for 3 hours.
---Even if wi-fi is working you can still block VOIP which I would hope they do. It will be a sad day when they allow people to yap their heads off on a phone in a plane. It will probably be a violent day too as passengers beat the crap out of the annoying idiot next to them yelling into their phone for 3 hours.---
It's exaggerations like these which have caused a pointless ban. There's no technical reason for the ban, it's just freaks like you raising voice to hell and back about the horror we'll need to endure, should someone talk right next to us.
Why BAN it, what happened to simple politeness, and instructions "please don't talk for extended times during travel, as this may annoy some of your co-passengers", or whatever.
And look at me here, trying to reason with you. Should've just banned you.
"Why BAN it, what happened to simple politeness, and instructions "please don't talk for extended times during travel, as this may annoy some of your co-passengers", or whatever"
Because the concept of being polite is dead. Today it’s about me. Me, me, me, me. How dare you tell me that I can't be on my phone as long as I want. *Spouts out something about freedom, our founding fathers, and such bullcrap that doesn't pertain to phones.* When I can go into a theatre and someone is sitting 3 rows down yapping on their phone. You can't ask people to be polite. Now a days you need to force them. Personally I wish we could force them at the end of a gun barrel.
I doubt that blocking will even be required if WiFi is made available on airplanes. The latency latency and intermittent lag of the connection to the rest of the world will make VoIP impractical.
As the technology and latency improve, then block it. You'll always have one smart-ass tunneling it or proxying it though.
I never thought I'd say it, but sometimes high-latency can be a GOOD thing. ;-)
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Totalfixation @ Oct 8th 2007 8:55AM
I think more importantly would be to get wifi working. Then maybe cell phones on the plane wouldn't be as such a big deal, people could just use Voip. Also wouldn't the plane company want this not to pass as they can charge and arm and a leg for there in flight calls?
--Ed @ Oct 8th 2007 9:23AM
Even if wi-fi is working you can still block VOIP which I would hope they do. It will be a sad day when they allow people to yap their heads off on a phone in a plane. It will probably be a violent day too as passengers beat the crap out of the annoying idiot next to them yelling into their phone for 3 hours.
suv4x4 @ Oct 8th 2007 9:40AM
---Even if wi-fi is working you can still block VOIP which I would hope they do. It will be a sad day when they allow people to yap their heads off on a phone in a plane. It will probably be a violent day too as passengers beat the crap out of the annoying idiot next to them yelling into their phone for 3 hours.---
It's exaggerations like these which have caused a pointless ban. There's no technical reason for the ban, it's just freaks like you raising voice to hell and back about the horror we'll need to endure, should someone talk right next to us.
Why BAN it, what happened to simple politeness, and instructions "please don't talk for extended times during travel, as this may annoy some of your co-passengers", or whatever.
And look at me here, trying to reason with you. Should've just banned you.
John Doe. @ Oct 8th 2007 10:59AM
"Why BAN it, what happened to simple politeness, and instructions "please don't talk for extended times during travel, as this may annoy some of your co-passengers", or whatever"
Because the concept of being polite is dead. Today it’s about me. Me, me, me, me. How dare you tell me that I can't be on my phone as long as I want. *Spouts out something about freedom, our founding fathers, and such bullcrap that doesn't pertain to phones.* When I can go into a theatre and someone is sitting 3 rows down yapping on their phone. You can't ask people to be polite. Now a days you need to force them. Personally I wish we could force them at the end of a gun barrel.
Jean-Michel Decombe @ Oct 8th 2007 12:39PM
So bitching works, eh? Let's all keep on bitchin', and we can keep them friggin' yakkers out of our planes for the next two centuries.
culbeda @ Oct 8th 2007 1:07PM
I doubt that blocking will even be required if WiFi is made available on airplanes. The latency latency and intermittent lag of the connection to the rest of the world will make VoIP impractical.
As the technology and latency improve, then block it. You'll always have one smart-ass tunneling it or proxying it though.
I never thought I'd say it, but sometimes high-latency can be a GOOD thing. ;-)