Mobile phones on planes

The latest word is that the EU will soon allow airline passengers to use their phones in-flight. (This could happen within the year.)

People still have concerns -- such as the price passengers might have to pay for this service, and the rules of the game -- aka acceptable in-flight phone etiquette.

Some airlines, such as Lufthansa, are sufficiently concerned with noise pollution that they will not allow mobile phone use. Lufthansa instead plans to equip its fleet with internet access, as it did between 2004 and 2006.