> Jerry Bransford <no...@noway.com> writes:

> >> >The subject was whether a common everyday consumer-type
> >> >cellular phone can be used when in the air.

> >> No, it was about the legalities of using one
> >> in the air.

> >No, not legally!!!!  Which was the entire POINT of this thread!!!!!!!!

> Hmmm...sounds familiar.

> >> I just called Nextel.  (They sell consumer-
> >> type cellular to common people everyday.)
> >> According to Keith's supervisor, they have
> >> no qualms about using their (digital TDMA)
> >> cellular phone service in the air.  He said
> >> that there is a risk of the phone interfering
> >> with flight instruments (so use on a
> >> commercial flight is pretty much a no-no),
> >> but they don't have any in-flight
> >> restrictions on them.

> >They don't know about the FCC's ban on their use in the air then.

> pi...@iamerica.net (Gustavo Flores) writes:

> >Nextel is not cellular it is SMR or specialized mobile radio.
> >Different service, different rules.

> Think you two could get together and get your
> stories straight?  I'm more interested in
> getting the truth, but I haven't yet heard back
> from (Michael Filantie(?) at) the FCC.