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In article <MPG.1d289cb591b0c86c9896a1@news-server.cfl.rr.com>,
djk <djk@spam.operamail.com> wrote:
> thing is there are people selling the equipment in the United
> States, and Canada. As far as this specific vendor I would
> imagine he no longer lives in the United States and the
> government is going to spend more money in collecting the fines
> than the fines total, if they decide to collect. As for the post
> itself, I see nothing wrong with it. It's a request for
> information. Anyone that wants to spend an hour at
> http://www.google.com/ can find a way to get what the poster
> wants. Particularly someone who lives so close to Canada. And
> with a technology that is legal in the United States. But I'm
> not going to give you that link, do the work yourself.
That's right.
There's no inherent right to make a cell phone call. I don't care if
you are having a heart attack; if you try to make a call and can't,
there's no one to blame. Cell phones are a convenience; if you turn
yours into a mandatory lifesaving device, then you'd better have
something other than traditional cell phone service.
If you want to make a call for whatever reason and you can't, and there
isn't a jammer around, what will you do--sue the cell phone company
because they have shitty coverage? Sue the guy whose house/office
you're in because he lives in a shitty coverage area or has made
building decisions that prevent the cell phone from working optimally?
It doesn't take an hour to find something in Google; it takes more like
10 seconds:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2092059/
which says, among other things:
> Americans seeking a legal way to jam cell phones can look into "passive"
> jamming technologies. For instance, lining your office in lead should ensure
> that no signals get in or out. But if lead is too industrial to suit your
> dcor, a more genteel alternative exists: You could install "magnetic wood"
> paneling throughout. A Japanese scientist, Hideo Oka, has invented a new kind
> of building material
> (http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992461), saturated with
> magnetic particles made of nickel-zinc ferrite that supposedly deflect 97
> percent of mobile-phone signals.
You know, a better way to handle things would be to have a system
whereby the phone automatically goes to a silent mode (or, for schools,
be turned off) when it crosses the threshold of someplace where the
owner doesn't want distraction--church, theater, whatever.
Make the owner put up a sign at each entrance, similar to the "smoking
prohibited" signs that are popping up as a result of no-smoking
ordinances, and that's that. That would require the cooperation of the
phone manufacturers, but that should be no big deal.
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