why do they ask us to keep our devices on airplane mode on a plane but the WiFi is allowed?
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It’s not really an FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) problem, as much as it is a FCC (Federal Communications Commission) problem:
When you’re on the ground, your phone is generally equidistant from a handful of cell towers and, at 70 mph, you are switching between them every minute or few minutes.
When you are in the air, your phone is generally equidistant from many, many more cell towers and, at 575 mph, switching between them every few seconds. At that speed, the system doesn’t wanna deal with your shenanigans!
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