Comments on: Customers make VoIP calls on American Airlines flights

By: TheHobbyGuy

TheHobbyGuy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 04:09:06 +0000

Glad to see you all like my pic…lol! I wasnt hacking – I was just blogging….lol!

By: Ian Calvert

Ian Calvert — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:47:12 +0000

I think it annoys people because they can only hear one side of the conversation.

By: Wwhat

Wwhat — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:51:16 +0000

The difference between talking to people present and on the phone are rather obvious, and not only is there less talk but there are a shockingly large number of people that scream into cellphones, I hear theories about them not being able to figure out how to up the volume of the ear part and thinking that since they can’t hear it they need to shout too for the other end to hear them, but whatever the reason there’s a lot of people doing it.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:28:32 +0000

I can’t even open my 13″ laptop on the average flight unless I win the lottery and get one of the emergency exit seats. I’m 6′2″ and 250lbs.
I would have a hard time not killing someone talking on the phone next to me. It is totally different to have a conversation with other passengers than to talk on a phone. When you talk to other passengers you are socializing and involving others. When you get on the phone you are saying “F#$@ everyone within 5 seats of me, I’m too cool for you.”
Don’t be a prick. Put on your head phones, go to sleep, or talk to the person next to you.

By: static

static — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:36:36 +0000

Fine yammer away, don’t take it personal if I bust a gut laughing at the hilarity of your conversation. Your voice is entering my space from a close range, making it difficult for me to zone out all the other din, I deserve to get something out of the deal even if it’s only low brow entertainment. Was a time mobile phones calls where short and to the point and not that annoying, but this need to reach out and touch some anywhere any time IS over the top.

By: BigD145

BigD145 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:25:45 +0000

I’m with you, jay. I can go weeks without talking, so why can’t everyone else? It’s not as if they have anything important to say. “buy. sell. pink slip. pink slip.”

is tunneling fast enough to hold a conversation?

By: chris

chris — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:32:59 +0000

I typically don’t/can’t use my laptop on the plane. The picture on the blog entry explains it all and that is with the seat in front of him in the UPright position. Try using it when the dude in front wants to recline the whole flight… It is a PITA! Progress is progress and they should let VOIP be used on the planes… people will regulate themselves. I run into loud people on the plane all the time and they are just talking to the people next to them. It won’t change a thing. It is a money making issue and not a courtesy issue.

By: jay

jay — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:40:33 +0000

i’m with dave. there isn’t any difference between talking to someone on a phone (besides the possibility you might be cut off and have the conversation end before the plane descends), and talking to someone in the seat next to you.

so, please, just don’t speak on planes. or buses. or in public.

By: caoimhin

caoimhin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:45:36 +0000

I’ve never seen anyone use the phones in the seat – I assume because they are expensive. However, with free or cheap voip, all kinds of obnoxious conversations will be going on, half of them shouted because they think the other person can’t hear them. I appreciate the suggestion not to use it.

By: DigitalMind

DigitalMind — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:07:22 +0000

I don’t see what the problem is, other than the fact that they won’t be able to charge you $100 a minute to use one of those phones that are right on the plane built into the front of your seat. GM is right, there will always be a workaround. If there WASN’T already phones by the seats, i’d understand since it must suck to hear someone blabbing on the phone while flying, but that’s nothing new, so what’s the problem ?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:59:27 +0000

Are they serious? Apart from some idiot who feels the need to shout their conversation down the phone (granted, there are a lot of them), can someone please explain to me what the difference is between talking to someone on the phone and talking to the person next to you on the plane?

By: gm

gm — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:53:28 +0000

this will then be blocked. then someone will find a workaround (vpn /
ssh tunnel, alternate port etc etc). which will then be blocked.
another workaround will be found. and so on.

Oh, and AirCell’s homepage even says “Recpature your lost time by tapping into your office VPN…”.