Does anyone else find this too hard to believe? I cant be the only one who has inadvertantly forgotten to power off their cell phone while flying. This must happen all the time, but we don't hear about horrible DoS of cell networks. Or is this why cell service sucks so badly in some places? ;-) Jm
To add to it, it is not system specific. Depending on the size of the MSA (metropolitin service area) or RSA (rural service area) footprint, there may be as many as 4 or 5 cellular network carriers effected in this cascading failure by a SINGLE airborne mobile.
So, now you know one of the more UNKNOWN reasons why it is not legal to use a cell phone while airborne. It is a great way to DoS the network and the carriers, subscribers, and FCC don't want that.