Oh, goody! Now I have to listen up there, too? I only hope that even CDMA technology requires cellular technology - meaning we will be flying over vast "no cell" areas and that at aircraft speeds we will have tons of flawed switching and interruptions.

It's bad enough: the wunderkind who was in the DFW AC toilet, making a business call on his cell phone complete with flushing, faucets and, er, flatulence in the background. I was trying to imagine what kind of impression this guy was making on his client - who perhaps thought he was speaking with someone important in the company HQ executive suite?

The woman on AMTRAK California Capitol who spent three hours on the phone, telling different people EXACTLY where she was at the moment, discussing dates, food she liked and didn't like...

(It's bad enough some pilots think they are tour guides and have to give a mile-by-mile running commentary - now we will be subjected to those by loud and ignorant passengers too - SFO - JFK "Oh, look, it's SO flat down there! We must be over that desert, what's it called?" "Wow, look at those mountains - the pilot said they were the Rockies, but they can't be, they're so tiny and flat; aren't the Rockies high?" or SFO - HNL: "Wow, the ocean is SO much bluer than the Pacific is at home!")

Can you hear me now?