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Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

DK — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:33:10 GMT

Not sure if I am for/against this guy as I can argue both sides!

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Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

7789849803 — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:18:49 GMT

Pfft...carrying a portable cellphone jammer for years with you just because you find it inconvenient when those around you talk on the phone? Cray-cray!

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

DK — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:57:43 GMT

Here is another winner!

http://www.cnet.com/news/man-put-cell-phone-jammer-in-car-to-stop-driver-calls-fcc-says/

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

Luddite — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:16:59 GMT

@DK Definitely against; pleased there will be significant fines. Get earplugs if noise/talking is annoying.

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

dhilscher — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:25:33 GMT

I understand some people can be super annoying with their phones but most of us are not and you would be stopping us from sending and receiving emergency calls.

So ya they may have good intentions with the jammer forcing people to be unplugged for a short period of their life but still not right to do it.

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

7789849803 — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:35:52 GMT

Not to mention such jammers will also prevent others from sending/receiving texts and accessing the web/news discretely on their devices, without inconveniencing those around.

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

Martin — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 04:05:00 GMT

Hi,

There's a time and place for everything. I'm not going to comment on the cell-jammer story. I will, however, tell a story - a true one - that speaks to this post's first sentence.

I used to live in Toronto. Before moving there, I learned what the premiums would be on my car, and therefore decided to sell it. I took Toronto transit in its place.

One day, I was running late for an appointment, and realized that I wouldn't have enough time to eat lunch at home, and then take the bus. As a result, I made two quick sandwiches, wrapped them in plastic, and left home to board the bus.

It arrived on time, and I took a seat in front of two men in their 20s.

As I was about halfway through my first sandwich, the men started to discuss the cadaver that they had cut open, and what the innards looked like. I almost lost my lunch!

I'm all for live and let live, but, in this case, I politely asked them - they were medical students - if they could change the subject. They quietly apologized, and started discussing non-medical matters.

As I said, there's a time and place for everything.

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

ckl — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 03:00:55 GMT

It's a public place... So people have the right to talk. It shouldn't be a problem anymore since I rarely see people taking on their phones.

Re: Transit Rider jamming cellphone signals

kav2001c — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:48:17 GMT

Same issue with GO trains in Toronto area. They often claim "quiet policy in effect". They don't have any legal right to say be quiet yet people accept it.