Using Blackberry on Planes
Sep 5, 2001 | 4:42 pm
#1
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Using Blackberry on Planes
From this mornings Washington Post:
"devices are strong enough to receive and send e-mail 30,000 feet in the air"
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"devices are strong enough to receive and send e-mail 30,000 feet in the air"
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Sep 12, 2001 | 2:30 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Putnam County, NY
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Interesting article. As the proud owner of one of these fine devices, I'm guilty of this as well, but I do believe the woman quoted in the article is telling "fish stories".
>>"Furthermore, she said she doesn't have to hold her Blackberry up to a window to get it to receive and send e-mail."..."I've done it from the aisle or middle seat. I've never not been able to get a signal,"<<
I always have to hold the device up to the window to get a decent signal while at cruise altitude, and even then coverage is very spotty...and I rarely, if ever, get a signal from a middle seat except while on the ground or very close to it!
PF
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>>"Furthermore, she said she doesn't have to hold her Blackberry up to a window to get it to receive and send e-mail."..."I've done it from the aisle or middle seat. I've never not been able to get a signal,"<<
I always have to hold the device up to the window to get a decent signal while at cruise altitude, and even then coverage is very spotty...and I rarely, if ever, get a signal from a middle seat except while on the ground or very close to it!
PF
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Sep 21, 2001 | 2:34 pm
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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>>seen it done<<
Ahhh yes...I too have seen it done once...on my own unit! But "Seen it done" and "Never not got a signal" are two very different things...which was my point.
The author gives the impression that it is possible to get a 5-bar signal at all times in the air, which blatently false.
PF
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Ahhh yes...I too have seen it done once...on my own unit! But "Seen it done" and "Never not got a signal" are two very different things...which was my point.
The author gives the impression that it is possible to get a 5-bar signal at all times in the air, which blatently false.
PF
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Oct 4, 2001 | 8:43 am
#8
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Madison NJ; Watopia
Posts: 3,161
I tried using one on an ORD-EWR flight this week, but got no signal at all. Just the dreaded "X" next to the telephone pole. I had a window seat and held it right next to the window.
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