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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts View Post
it was because the planes were so high up, the cell phones could simultaneously connect to several towers at once (maybe a hundred).
That's what I've read, too. The proposed solution is to install a re-transmitter on the plane that would accept the signal & focus it to specific local towers passing underneath.

The day is coming & the joy of plane travel will suffer because of it.

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