"CellGuy" <cellguy@seemessagebody.com> wrote in message
news:49129djfbbci.1ibmz11v49py7$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:43:32 -0400, Agent_C wrote:
> > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:09:07 +0000 (UTC), Steve Sobol
> > <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:
> >>If you post that you're blocking calls, fine. If I had an emergency and
> >>couldn't call 911 from my cell phone, and someone got seriously hurt or
> >>died as a result, I wouldn't be suing, I'd be filing a police report,
and
> >>hopefully getting people thrown in jail.
> >
> > The police would ignore you and you'd have the weakest legal case
> > imaginable. No way you could prove any of those assertions.
> >
> > And since when does any cellular provider guarantee, or even claim,
> > you'll have service indoors?
> >
> > A_C
>
> That's not the point. The issue is if service is available normally at a
> location but is blocked by a jammer. I would think places of business
> would put themselves at serious risk if they were caught using them.
>
> According to the US 1934 Communications Act, only the federal government
has
> the right to interfere with radio frequency communication (military,
etc.).
> Some jamming manufacturers are challanging this, but at this time it is
> HIGHLY illegal to jam any radio transmission, whether it be commercial or
> cell phone.
>
> FInes can be up to $10,000 per day of the infraction.

Actually, interference with emergency communications is a standard $25,000
fine.