Why cant you use cell phones on airplanes ?

Question

why cant you?

and is there wifi in a airplane?

and if i live in WA do you think i will get service in Orlando, Fl?

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Answer 1

In 1991, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned passengers from using their cell phones while on board an airplane that is in flight. The ban was instituted because the FCC suspected that the radio frequency emitted by cell phones could malfunction an airplane's equipment systems. I would think that your provider would work in Orlando seeing that it's a big city and has many cell towers to accommodate for all cell phone providers.

I hope that I have helped

Answer 2

The first reason is that everyone must be able to hear the Flight Attendants and follow directions. If everyone were talking on their cell phones, can you imagine how loud, noisy, and disruptful the flight would be?

Another reason cell phone may not be used is because of a risk called electromagnetic interference.

Electromagnetic interference is experienced by all of us on a regular basis. An example of this is if you put a cell phone near the computer, you can hear loud static in the computers speakers every time the phone rings, and the screen may start to shake. This technically should never happen, but the wire to each speaker is acting like an antenna, and it picks up side bands in the audible range. This is not a dire problem -- just a nuisance. But notice how common it is. In an airplane, the same phenomena can cause big trouble.

An airplane contains a number of radios for a variety of tasks. There is a radio that the pilots use to talk to ground control and air traffic control (ATC), a radio that the plane uses to disclose its position to ATC computers, there are radar units used for guidance and weather detection, and so on. All of these radios are transmitting and receiving information at specific frequencies. If someone were to turn on a cell phone, the cell phone would transmit with a great deal of power (up to 3 watts for a single phone). If it happens to create interference that overlaps with radio frequencies the plane is using, then messages between people or computers may be garbled. If one of the wires in the plane has damaged shielding, there is some possibility of the wire picking up the phone's signals just like a computers speakers do. That could create faulty messages between pieces of equipment within the plane. Now imagine what would happen if everyone on the plane were to use electronic devices, and you should be able to fully understand the ban on such devices.

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Answer 3

it mess up the radio signal

Answer 4

i've heard that it messes up the radio signal coming into that plane, but i heard they are trying to change that...and there is wifi in some planes but not all... and yes you should get service

Answer 5

1 - The chances of you picking up a signal at 40,000 feet is very remote.

2 - If the entire plane load of passengers were to use their cell phones, that would wreck the radio signal to the flight deck.

3 - Bombs can be detonated remotely using cell phones.

Answer 6

they could potentially interfere with oeration of the planes gages, etc.

you should get service just about anywhere in the US-international service may require a plan ugrade