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Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura
i.e. the phone 'uses' a given phone tower, depending on the phone's proximity to the tower. Now consider what the phone (and indeed the network) will be thinking as you buzz over a city/town (and its many cellular points) at 600 odd kilometers an hour.
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A Pilot/scientist in the states researched mobile phones and aircraft and found that there was very little chance of the mobile acquiring reception once the plane goes over 8000 feet - or something like that.
What Qantas are going to do is place a mobile phone receiver on the plane, and then relay the signal to a base station. However the catch is the phone receiver will be classed as a non carrier provider, requiring mobiles to be activated for international roaming. Qantas will then place it's fee on top of your normal call rates.