In-flight cell call ban advances in Congress
In-flight cell call ban advances in Congress
by Stephen Lawson
IDG News Service — A bill that would stifle in-flight cellular calls despite emerging technologies that finally make them feasible is headed for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The proposed Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace (HANG UP) Act was approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a voice vote Thursday. It would make permanent the long-standing ban on such calls by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications Commission. The next stop for the bill will be the full House, after which companion legislation would also have to be passed by the Senate and signed by President George W. Bush. A companion mea...
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by Stephen Lawson
IDG News Service — A bill that would stifle in-flight cellular calls despite emerging technologies that finally make them feasible is headed for the U.S. House of Representatives.
The proposed Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace (HANG UP) Act was approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a voice vote Thursday. It would make permanent the long-standing ban on such calls by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Communications Commission. The next stop for the bill will be the full House, after which companion legislation would also have to be passed by the Senate and signed by President George W. Bush. A companion mea...
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Congress might do much better if it spent more time on substantive matters and less time coming up with cutesy titles for proposed bills (HANG UP).
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Why is this posted in the VerizonWireless forum?
Maybe it would have been better to post in the "General"or "ShopTalk" forums.
Maybe it would have been better to post in the "General"or "ShopTalk" forums.
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My favorite part of this Congressional discussion is the fear that some airlines might end up charging passengers who choose to sit in a phone-free section of the plane, while those other passengers who want to use their phones will also be charged for the privilege. Ain't capitalism grand?
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I can see it now. Some loud-mouthed idiot who does not know how to speak in a normal voice while using a cell phone gets beaten to death by the irate people around him.
We already have to put up with MORONS yelling into their cell phones so loudly that we can hear them 20' away. Imagine having someone like that sitting next to you.
Fistfights, here we come!
We already have to put up with MORONS yelling into their cell phones so loudly that we can hear them 20' away. Imagine having someone like that sitting next to you.
Fistfights, here we come!
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