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OldBlindSpudFarmer 4 points ago +4 / -0

I believe you are referring to Airfone which did not use cell phone technology. See more below. It would not be possible to make a cell phone call from altitude. Think of how many base stations you would have to switch if your puny phone could muster the power.

Airfone was an air-ground radiotelephone service developed by MCI founder John D. Goeken, and operated under the names Airfone, GTE Airfone, and Verizon Airfone. Airfone allowed passengers to make telephone calls (later including data modem service) in-flight. Airfone handsets were often located in the middle airliner seatbacks, with two handsets per row for 6-wide coach seating configurations, and more or less depending on the aircraft layout and fare class. First class cabins typically had one handset per seat. Some planes had one or more bulkhead mounted phone stations with cordless handsets that the passengers could use, instead of the multiple wired handsets. Airfone phone calls were usually quite expensive compared to ground-based telephone calls, costing $3.99 per call and $4.99 per minute in 2006.

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OldBlindSpudFarmer 3 points ago +3 / -0

I read the flair as “ kamala is a bitch”.

Had to resize to read better!

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OldBlindSpudFarmer 4 points ago +4 / -0

1980 Rome was amazing! Promised my wife I would take her.

2020 Rome is a total shithole. Horrible and will never be back.

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