cell phone jammers make way

[nihil]

Hi Tiger~

They will be banned because they are like land mines

I thought that active jamming already was illegal in the USA? it certainly is over here (Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949).

You can get a license for them but you would need a very good reason such as security (HIJACK) or safety. Private individuals wouldn't have a chance.

Funnily enough a lot of public places (pubs and restaurants) have absolutely lousy reception anyway because of the structural steelwork.

I believe you can get special wall cladding that does the job passively, so I suppose that is legal still.

[Tiger Shark]

Nihil:

Yep, I changed cell phones because the construction of my local blocked my last cell phone....

Sure, you could put passive devices in and it would be perfectly reasonable..... It's the active devices that unknowingly block other people's access that will cause the issues...

[RoadClosed]

Guess all those metal buildings in the US would be illegal since they block access to wireless networks.

Hell take a wire and stick it in the high level output of an older laserdisk player, run it around the room and you got yourself a jammer. The first generation of those things would drown out an entire spectrum.

Under current rules: intentional jamming is illegal, so is unintentional (unless the interfering device is operating as it is supposed too) but it's tough to enforce since it takes some equipment to find it and prove it.

Today's modern cell phone REQUIRE close proximity to a cell station to function properly since they are so tiny. Today .025 of watt is huge, 10 years ago they operated at 5 watts.

Regardles of Active or Passive blocking the outcome is the same, you walk into a building and contact with the cell controller is lost.

\\EDIT Besides... according to the article private use of Cell phone blockers is illegal in the USA.