Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
actually the NO CELL PHONE is not an FAA regulation, it is an FCC one..............
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The FAA forbids the use of electronic devices below 10,000 for safety reasons.
The FCC forbids the use of cell phones in flight (any altitude) because your phone will have good line-of-sight to multiple cell towers, and it confuses the cell system when it has to decide which cell tower you are nearest to. Then when it does figure it out, the aircraft speed over ground changes the geometry again.