US considering allowing in-flight voice calls

You pay for your airfare, pay for your meals and even let the Wi-Fi in the sky drain your wallet, too. You deserve a little more mileage for your connection than just a cramped seat, right? But with an immobile and therefore captive audience, it doesn’t seem fair to allow loudmouth voice calls on the plane.

The US Department of Transportation is considering allowing them, though, with advanced disclosure.

It is proposing that airlines tell consumers prior to ticket purchase for any given flight going through national airspace that it allows for VoIP calls — this opens up the possibility for voice calls to be legalized or banned outright. The public and the industry will be able to comment on the proposal before final action is taken.

Public reaction to a 2014 notice on a potential voice call proposal was intensely negative. France legalized in-flight calling in 2008.

 

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Samsung expediting new Note 7 shipments after FAA advisory

It’s the story that keeps on smoking.One day after the Federal Aviation Administration advised commercial airline passengers to essentially keep their recalled Galaxy Note 7 turned off in the skies, Samsung released a press statement acknowledging the FAA’s release.“We are aware of the Federal Aviation Administration statement about the Galaxy Note7,” the statement reads in part. “We plan to expedite new shipments of Galaxy Note7 starting from this week ...

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FAA advises against using Galaxy Note 7 in-flight, but no bans in the US

You can still board commercial aircraft with your recalled Galaxy Note 7 turned on and even use it in the air, but you’ll probably be worrying your neighbors, flight crew and regulators all the way up to 30,000 feet and then back down again.After recent consideration, the Federal ...

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The FAA is worried about exploding batteries’ impact on planes

Before you start worrying about “the potential risk for a catastrophic hull loss” — or better yet, hearing that the Federal Aviation Administration is just starting to realize the potential for the batteries in our smartphones and hoverboards to cause havoc on aircraft — just know that rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and single-use lithium-metal batteries are already classified as hazardous materials.To be ...

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Google Nexus 5 launched, FAA device flight rules change, Nokia vs HTC & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the FAA, and how they’ve finally changed their flight rules to allow the use of mobile devices through a full flight, even though the airlines now have to change their procedures to match it. Nokia is next as we talk about their patent lawsuit against HTC, and how this could ban the HTC One in the UK. Rumors of a Nokia Lumia 525 are back, for those of you who remember project Glee. Verizon is next as we have leaked renders of an Ellipsis 7 tablet. We end today’s show talking about the Google Nexus 5, the official launch, and ...

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FAA grants go-ahead for allowing full-flight use of mobile electronics

The issue of being allowed to use mobile electronics on airplanes has been around for decades, pre-dating the smartphone itself. But as such gadgets become more ubiquitous, we’ve been feeling the impact of restrictions concerning just how and when we can use them all the more. We’ve brought the situation up time and

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