Re: "the jammers revenge on mobile prattlers" in the Times

Nomen Nescio

Alasdair <.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:44:03 +0000 (UTC), Mike Civil
> <> wrote:
>
> >I suspect the devices are pretty indiscriminate. After all they're
> >unregulated and presumably designed to be multi-frequency so that they
> >can affect any mobile phone in any country regardless of what frequency
> >band(s) they happen to be using.

> I wonder what the penalty is if one is found using one of those
> jammers?

How stupidly would you have to use it to get caught?

You're in a moving train, switching it on for a second or two at a
time, and the prattlers just think it's a network problem when they
get cut off. There's no way the "authorities" would pin it down.

Trust No One®

"Nomen Nescio" <> wrote in message
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>> I wonder what the penalty is if one is found using one of those
>> jammers?
>
> How stupidly would you have to use it to get caught?
>
> You're in a moving train, switching it on for a second or two at a
> time, and the prattlers just think it's a network problem when they
> get cut off. There's no way the "authorities" would pin it down.
>

Can anyone advise whether these devices are legal to possess? I know they
are illegal to use but am unsure about possession.

From what I understand the range of these devices is rather limited - only
around a radius of 5 metres or so, and are not always reliable against some
phones/networks. You'd need one of the more powerful mains powered ones to
silence an entire train carriage I would have thought.

The tempation to use these devices to silence the inane babblers on the
train or bus is rather strong I admit. I notice with horror that they are
looking at introducing the use of mobile phones on aircraft - Sheesh!

--
Peter <X-Files fan>

Alasdair

On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:51:22 -0000, "Trust No One®"
<> wrote:

> I notice with horror that they are
>looking at introducing the use of mobile phones on aircraft - Sheesh!

If this does happen, I imagine the phones will be special ones
supplied by the airline and calls will cost an arm and a leg.

The argument for prohibiting the use of mobiles in aircraft has always
been that the radio transmissions could affect the electronics of the
aircraft and could be dangerous. Are they now saying that we have
been conned all along and mobiles are quite safe if used in flight.

--
Alasdair.

Christopher A.Lee

On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:19:41 +0000, Alasdair <.uk>
wrote:

>On Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:51:22 -0000, "Trust No One®"
><> wrote:
>
>> I notice with horror that they are
>>looking at introducing the use of mobile phones on aircraft - Sheesh!
>
>If this does happen, I imagine the phones will be special ones
>supplied by the airline and calls will cost an arm and a leg.

They've already got those.

>The argument for prohibiting the use of mobiles in aircraft has always
>been that the radio transmissions could affect the electronics of the
>aircraft and could be dangerous. Are they now saying that we have
>been conned all along and mobiles are quite safe if used in flight.