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Old 27th Aug 2008, 18:36
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befree
 
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Text message at Fl370??

Mobile phone masts do have a range of around 30 miles. The beam widith is likely to be wide enougth to include aircraft at 8000feet 20 miles way. The text message will also have plenty of time to get sent from the fone as it is not real time. You need a lot less signal to send a text than to make a voice call.
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