BBCより。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25355399
US FCC reconsiders ban on mobile phones on planes
"I'm the last person in the world who wants to listen to somebody talking" while flying across the country, FCC chief Wheeler said
The US communications agency has taken the first step toward lifting a ban on mobile phone calls during flights.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on Thursday to launch a public review of the ban, even as its commissioners expressed reservations.
Separately, the head of the Department of Transportation said the department was weighing its own ban.
A recent poll suggested 59% of Americans who flew in the past year opposed allowing calls on planes.
The FCC on Thursday voted 3-2 to open a months-long public comment period.
"There is a need to recognise that there is a new technology,'' Chairman Thomas Wheeler said. "This is a technical rule. It is a rule about technology. It is not a rule of usage.
"Nothing will be different on your flight tomorrow. We're seeking comments on a proposal."
Use of mobile phones on flights has been prohibited for 22 years out of concern the calls would interfere with cellular networks on the ground, but technological changes have resolved those issues.
Attendant opposition
Mr Wheeler has said he personally would oppose calls on planes, because he was "the last person in the world" who would want to listen to others' phone conversations on a plane.
誰も機内で人の携帯通話の様子を聞きたいわけではないだろう。
アメリカでも解禁してから6割は飛行した経験から禁止を望んでいるという。
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