Mobile Phones on Planes: Good or Bad?

Problem: if you have a "data but no voice" network with bandwidth and latency low enough to make web apps work well, someone will be able to implement voice on top of it.

Maybe it would be enough to make uploads slow.

I thought the same. Disabling voice service will probably work anyway - just like velvet rope does.

What's the problem with cell ph...WHAT?...I DON'T KNOW!...HOLD ON A MINUTE!...SEAN???...OK!...OK!...SO WHAT IF EVERYONE ELSE IS SLEEPING...GIVE ME THE WEST COAST FIGURES...SEAN???...SEAN???...OK!...NO! NO! NO!... DO NOT LET JEAN HANDLE THAT!!!...Yes, I'll have a diet coke...NO, SEAN, NOT YOU!!!...AND MAKE SURE FRED KNOWS ABOUT OUR 3 O'CLOCK...What, my seat belt? OK...NO! NOT YOU SEAN!...I WAS TALKING TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT!...OK...WHERE WERE WE?...OH YES THE MURPHY CONTRACT...SEAN???...SEAN???

Who needs terrorists?

The Economist seems to be linked quite often around here. Hackers like it?

Data & Text only, or I think the rate of in-flight violence will go up!