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A Networked World's Final Frontier: The Airplane
"Paul Takemoto, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the F.A.A. itself did not ban the use of specific portable electronic devices, but prohibited the airlines from allowing passengers to use them unless the carriers can prove the devices do not interfere with communications systems." (NYTimes)

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/12/business/12WIRE.html?tntemail0
Submitted by Dov Kaufmann on 11/17/2002 2:30:37 PM