Clueless passengers. (In flight speaker VOIP call)
Sep 27, 2018, 9:45 am
#61
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Admirals Club in Chicago, lawyer on speaker phone discussing client being held in Cook County jail.
Client had given police an alias. Speaker phone broadcast both alias and real name.
Too many variables to consider as I rushed by on my way to a flight, didn't act on that info.
Client had given police an alias. Speaker phone broadcast both alias and real name.
Too many variables to consider as I rushed by on my way to a flight, didn't act on that info.
Sep 27, 2018, 10:47 am
#62
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It's those FT super-posters/evangelists with 10K+ posts that really make the racket in-flight as their keys clack away responding to that non-stop FT deluge of opinions, facts, and fun stories, not the in-flight VoIP calls 
Sep 27, 2018, 10:56 am
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Sep 27, 2018, 12:39 pm
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Sep 27, 2018, 1:13 pm
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Way back, Continental Airlines had some deal with Verizon Wireless. The cost was pretty affordable (it may have even just used your plan minutes, back before unlimited calling). You could even "register" yourself in your seat and calls would be forwarded from your cell phone to the in-seat phone! I received a few phone calls in-flight. (Often it was the car service dispatcher calling while we were on approach to give me the car number...)
(Often it was the car service dispatcher calling while we were on approach to give me the car number...)
Sep 27, 2018, 1:20 pm
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Flying in the mid 90s I can't remember the phones being used much if it at all. IIRC they cut out very easy. Also people weren't not use to immediate communication. I can remember phone booths being fairly busy at airports.
Sep 27, 2018, 6:38 pm
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I don't remember the name of the vendor.
Sep 27, 2018, 8:06 pm
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I wouldn't mind having that back today.
Sep 27, 2018, 10:35 pm
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Sep 28, 2018, 1:06 am
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There's a rule against using the internet on a wifi enabled flight? Which one?
Further, it's public transport, not your own personal aircraft. Don't want to hear people talking, fly private. Or do the same people here go around knocking the phones out of peoples' hands on the subway, metro, etc.?
Further, it's public transport, not your own personal aircraft. Don't want to hear people talking, fly private. Or do the same people here go around knocking the phones out of peoples' hands on the subway, metro, etc.?
Cell phone calls are prohibited by the FCC and VOIP by the airline. Don't comply when the flight attendant tells you to shut it down, and they certainly will, and you can talk to the cops when you arrive for interfering with a flight crew.
No one used them. That's why they took them out.
Sep 28, 2018, 1:14 am
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Same problem here in HK - not on planes (cos CX is just rolling out inflight internet and it's too piss-weak to support VOIP calls), but on the ground, in the lounge and in public transportation.
I do wonder though - has Apple and some Android manufacturers deleting 3.5mm jacks have anything to do with it. I do have one close friend switch from headset to speakerphone for it.
I do wonder though - has Apple and some Android manufacturers deleting 3.5mm jacks have anything to do with it. I do have one close friend switch from headset to speakerphone for it.
Sep 28, 2018, 4:27 am
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Speaker phone being “hands-free” isn’t a good reason either, because in an airport environment you’d be holding your phone while talking on speakerphone anyway.