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Cell Phone Gsm Technology

April 28th, 2011 admin 1 comment

cell phone gsm technology

Was it possible to call a cell phone at 30,000 feet in an airplane in 2001?

It may be possible with phones Mobile news, but that technology was in its infancy at the time. Does anyone remember being able to make calls cells in a plane in 2001? This would shed light on United 93.

GSM is well established in Europe at the time, but relatively rare in the United States. However, even in 2001, many aircraft had telephones installed in the back seat. They use a variant of the phone technology cell, but the frequencies are different and the cell sites are much farther to reduce hand-overs “between cell sites. Theoretically any mobile phone (GSM and not only) could make a call, but it is unlikely that the appeal be sustained for more than a few seconds, as he would enter and then exit the area of a cell site of permanence. A typical cell site handles phone about 1-5 miles away. At 30,000 feet, you’re about 6 miles to the top …

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