Not even by boarding an plane will people avoid annoying ring tones -- the ban on in-flight mobile calls and text messages is being lifted.
People wishing to preserve the sanctity of airspace have until November 17 to protest.
That is when the Australian Communications and Media Authority will make its decision.
Australia was first to test in-flight mobiles, ACMA chairman Chris Chapman said, and regulators were aware mobiles could be used without interfering with existing services.
But Australia's major airlines are in no rush to provide the service.
Qantas has ruled out allowing mobile calls on flights in the near future after research found most of its customers were not interested in the service.
But the airline plans to install technology on domestic flights enabling passengers to send or receive emails and SMS text messages via mobiles or personal electronic device.
Virgin Blue said it would assess customer demand.
"We're always looking at new technology and opportunities," spokeswoman Amanda Bolger said.
"But it would be dependent on our guest reaction and feedback from them in terms of if it was something they wanted."
Virgin's international airline V Australia is planning a new service on some flights that will allow passengers to send text messages.
The move to allow mobile use on planes came as a new report highlighted the continuing problems with telecommunications services faced by rural Australians.
The report commissioned by the Federal Government said hand-held mobile phone services were available only on 15 per cent of the Australian land mass.
Mobile phones with antennas work in about a quarter of the nation.
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