Thread: Wil Wheaton, his eReader and flying
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Old 09-19-2011, 02:24 PM   #73
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Originally Posted by toddos View Post
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So this is a problem with wifi delivery systems (aka, "in-flight wifi"), not wifi devices that just happen to have their radios on, and does not happen at normal operating levels. There's nothing a passenger can do to cause or stop this. It can only happen if the in-flight wifi is misconfigured and then turned on.

Or in other words, it's a red herring.
Aren't many cellphones capable of becoming hotspots, thus becoming wifi delivery systems?
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