[AusNOG] WIFI/Internet on Planes

[John Edwards]

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/wi-fi-interference-with-honeywell-avionics-prompts-boeing-354179/

So yeah, maybe listen to the battleaxe when it's a 737.

John



On 8 July 2014 13:32, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote:

>
> On Jul 8, 2014, at 9:33 AM, John Edwards <jaedwards at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > - Devices must be switched off during takeoff and landing.
>
> The truth of the matter is that nobody actually switches devices off -
> they just blank the screens.
>
> This alone disproves the theory that consumer-grade electronic devices
> (which are already designed to various governmental specs to minimize
> interference) cause any issues for avionics - otherwise, planes would be
> dropping from the skies because nobody actually turns off devices, and very
> few people even know what 'flight mode' is, heh.
>
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