lxAstrosxl
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join:2000-10-13
Carol Stream, IL
clubs: | True.
It would be annoying as hell to have almost every single person on flight talking on their cell phone for no reason because they are idiots and need something to do...it would be the worste flight ever. |
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wirelesswoes
join:2004-02-12
Hialeah, FL | They just want to make some cash. Most people (that I know) don't have Cingular's multimedia package and therefore have to pay for every txt sent and received. |
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Goldman
join:2002-06-21
Maumelle, AR
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said by lxAstrosxl  :It would be annoying as hell to have almost every single person on flight talking on their cell phone for no reason because they are idiots and need something to do...it would be the worste flight ever. I agree. Flights are cramped and miserable enough without having to hear the loud, obnoxious conversations of others for hours on end. I say keep the ban. |
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Kfedka
Premium
join:2005-05-06
Spokane, WA
| I flew aeroflot from seattle, wa to moscow, russia and they allowed cellphone usage and laptop usage, just as long as it wasn't during take off or landing. There didn't seem to be to many issues of loud cell phone talkers. On the other hand the flight was 12 hours non stop so all were dredged out. |
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stet
Volitar Prime
join:2002-03-08
Warren, MI
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That's what I'm thinking too. They are just using the general public's annoyance at cell phone use in confined spaces as a convenient marketing tool to promote their text messaging service, at 10 cents per message sent or received.
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to Kfedka
Not many cells in the northern pacific or over Siberia, so I don't imagine the cell phones would have worked most of the flight. |
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aeiouy
join:2004-08-05
Fort Worth, TX
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Yeah their motivation is very transparent. Allowing people who fly access to talk on their cell phones will increase their monthly usage without increasing revenue at all.
While, as others noted, the text and mail servers are still highly profitable on a smaller usage basis. |
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sbdjaro
I Dunno
Premium
join:2004-01-29
Grand Junction, CO | reply to stet
Exactly what I was thinking. My sister contributes usually $10 tacked on to our family plan every month because of 5 cent messaging. |
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