Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
doubt anyone has a Class 1 BT device on the plane -- Class 2 is the common spec level (2.5mW) for portable devices -- laptops, keyboards, mice, headsets, ...
True - however, wifi transmitting power is several orders of magnitude higher (I have seen wifi USB dongles that list 3000mW as peak power).
Originally Posted by
raehl311
Non-bluetooth wireless mice would still be prohibited by UA policy. They may also be prohibited by FAA policy, depending what frequency they're operating on. (WiFi and Bluetooth are all 2.4 GHz; one assumes that if they've determined a 2.4 GHz WiFi transmitter isn't going to hurt the plane, a 2.$ GHz Bluetooth transmitter isn't going to either.)
You are probably right.
Anyway, I find it very amusing that wifi is allowed, while bluetooth, which commonly uses less than one percent of transmitting power of wifi, is explicitly banned. Also amusing is the lack of clarity in Hemispheres, but that is nothing new...
