Re: Wired: Word From on High: Jam Cell Calls

Apr 06, 2005 0 Replies


> Word From on High: Jam Cell Calls


>> Four churches in Mexico have unobtrusively installed Israeli-made
>> cell-phone jammers to thwart those who don't seem to understand they
>> should turn the things off during services or weddings. They're not
>> the only ones to install the jammers.
> This is kind of old news. Jammers are illegal in the US, but if I were
> building or extensively remodeling a theatre, church, etc., I would
> make it into a Faraday cage. Done right, it is also good insulation.

And so we have a situation where it is not the act that is illegal, but the method.


Would those who so quickly hope for a lawsuit to arise from a jammer interfering with an emergency wireless telephone call also claim that a building so constructed would similarly be grounds for action?

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