[FedCom] Cell Phone Jammers

[Tom M.]

I was at a conference in Galveston where signals mysteriouly disappeared in the
conference center.

I suspected a jammer in that building.  This was just last week.

Tom
--- Punworg <punworg at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Feds confirm use of cell phone jammers?
> 
> >From an ABC News article yesterday:
> ---------
> 
> The devices are illegal in the United States,
> punishable by an $11,000 fine per day and up to one
> year in prison. The ban is supported by the
> influential cell-phone industry.
> 
> "It's stealing," said John Walls, vice president of
> public affairs for the Cellular Telecommunications &
> Internet Association. "People pay a lot of money for
> their cell phones. Companies pay a lot of money to
> have rights to the air waves."
> 
> Despite the ban, cell phone jamming manufacturers
> outside the United States say the devices are being
> used in the country.
> 
> "I am confident that some jammers of mine are in the
> states," said Avraham Bussu, managing director of SESP
> Group, an Israeli company that makes cell phone
> jammers. "I am sure about this, and I'm sure not only
> mine. I can show you every day requests that I have
> from the States."
> 
> Bussu says two-thirds of his business — which he says
> is booming — stems from security concerns, "to protect
> the possibility of activating any bomb, so there is a
> need to install this kind of system to protect
> activation of bomb."
> 
> U.S. security officials use them, legally, as a
> precaution against explosives triggered by cell phones
> — like those used in the Madrid train bombing last
> year.
> 
> But not all use of the jammers is constructive. Many
> business travelers suspect some U.S. hotels of using
> jammers illegally to force guests to use the hotel
> phones, which can be more expensive. And there are a
> number of individuals who apparently use them as
> pranks.
> 
> The U.S. government says widespread use of jammers
> could wreak havoc.
> 
> Said Walls: "There are a lot of health-care
> professionals, a lot of moms and dads, a lot of people
> who need to be in contact 24/7."
> 
> The problem is that right now there is no easy way to
> jam the irritating calls while letting the truly
> important ones go through. 
> 
> 
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