Cellphone weather inflight

I've been encouraged by navcan controllers to use my cell phone for
position reports in northern ontario. I found I needed to be 3 or 4
thousand feet to get a signal any lower was no good.

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:15 -0400, Dave
wrote:

OK....and I have read the posts below...

Not sure what is "new'' here, as we have been using this service for
the past 4 years here in Canada.

Our litle part time business specializes in distance computer
networking.

We have been using our BlackBerrys "tethered " to our laptops for data
coms from the aircraft regularly.

We are blessed with almost continuous coverage along our regular
routes and have reliable service to 4000 ft.

We regularly access WX , radar, notams, Tafs and metars while in
flight and have handled service problems by accessing our servers and
networks while in flight..

YMMV...

Cheers!
Dave


On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:59:33 GMT, wrote:

I was at the local Altell cellphone shop the other day, and they were
showing me a new USB doodad that you can plug into your laptop computer and
use the internet anywhere they have signal coverage (most of the nation from
the chart they showed me) at DSL speeds. It's aimed at people who are on the
road a lot. Does anyone here have that service, does it work well for you,
and more importantly, does it work inflight? Might be a good answer for
those of us whose GPS' don't have XM Weather capability.
Scott Wilson