[AusNOG] WIFI/Internet on Planes

[Roland Dobbins]

On Jul 8, 2014, at 11:14 AM, John Edwards <jaedwards at gmail.com> wrote:

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

"Based on testing that has been conducted, Boeing and Honeywell have concluded that actual EMI levels experienced during normal operation of typical passenger Wi-Fi systems would not cause any blanking of the Phase 3 DU. This issue does not exist with the Phase 1 or 2 DU's."

Boeing don't want to get sued if an airplane goes down - this reads more like a combination of a) typical regulatory testing to extremes and b) problems with one particular model of one particular display, which aren't really in any sort of danger, but government are (rightly, IMHO) playing it safe.

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