Here is what a reputable source says:
Making Calls From The Air
The link is dead (its a 6 year old story and nobody cares except the whackjobs) but here is the link to the mag:
Wireless Week
Here are some other stories about cell phones used in flight:
Scores more at:
Mobiles at Altitude
Everyone who says they can't use cells in the air is simply full of garbage. I've done it numerous times.
This along with 9/11's posted site, PROVES that it is POSSIBLE to make cell phone calls from airplanes.
thats at 15,000 feet,not at 30,000 feet and major difference,that was a cessna,not an airliner.
Doesn't matter. 6,000 feet is 6,000 feet. There are reports of cell phones that have worked on jets.
You lose.