FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - In-Flight Wi-Fi launching on p.s. Oct. 2, '09 [Updated November 2009]
Old Sep 15, 2009 | 9:28 pm
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Originally Posted by COpltASgldPHX
It was probably just another laptop or wireless device with 802.11... enabled. I see that all the time when I power up my laptop or smartphone on ships I know not to have WiFi...in "airline mode" of course!
I have been noticing more people leaving everything on during flights lately. The last 3 or 4 flights, my audio was interrupted by the familiar buzz of GSM data to/from the Blackberry of my seatmate. In one case, the guy spent a fair amount of time actually sending and receiving email.

I don't know... just seemed weird to me...
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