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  • From: ids AT idisplay.com
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  • Subject: [internetworkers] hazards of in-flight Wi-Fi?
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 17:40:12 -0400


"Increasing Wi-Fi use raises airline safety concerns: FAA seeks in-depth study to assess risks to navigation"
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/132/business/Increasing_Wi_Fi_use_raises_airline_safety_concerns+.shtml

"SAN FRANCISCO -- The burgeoning popularity of Wi-Fi troubles some airline safety advocates who worry that the high-speed wireless Internet technology could disrupt communications systems on planes.
Unlike cellphones and two-way pagers, which are banned from use on planes, laptops are allowed to be used once the plane has ascended past 10,000 feet. But computer makers are now building Wi-Fi chips into the current generation of laptops, raising questions about the impact of these radio signals on the instruments used by pilots."

Ed Wesolowski



  • [internetworkers] hazards of in-flight Wi-Fi?, ids, 05/12/2003

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