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BusbyBusby t1_ixtlbk4 wrote

Reply to comment by zap_p25 in Bye-bye airplane mode: EU allows smartphones during flights by Zhukov-74

That's ridiculous. You should be able to go from one of their towers to the next from one end of the country to the other.

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zap_p25 t1_ixxf6q4 wrote

That's how it is today. It's not how it is used to be though. For example, in the early 2000's Verizon, Cingular (pre-merger with AT&T) and AT&T all used to offer varying coverage plans...local, statewide and nationwide. If you roamed outside of your coverage plan...you would incur roaming fees. Today though, the coverage is simply assumed at the national level.

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