BART Interrupts Cell Service

[W1GUH]

I say...more power to BART! But why just a station? In a station you can usually move away from that inane conversation that the participant thinks is so all important (but is less useful than tits on a boy). I say shield the cars people ride on and eliminate the idiotic conversations us riders have to endure.

"I believe that it was not allowed because A. someone might need emergency communications, "

:rofl:
That's a good one! What's 911 going to do that can't be done with the emergency system already in place? Answer is NOTHING. The real reason that jamming is being fought in places where it would be totally appropriate (transportation, theaters, some restaurants -- or anywhere else people should expect peace and quiet) is because it'll cost the carriers $$$$$$.

[n2ize]

I say...more power to BART! But why just a station? In a station you can usually move away from that inane conversation that the participant thinks is so all important (but is less useful than tits on a boy). I say shield the cars people ride on and eliminate the idiotic conversations us riders have to endure.

"I believe that it was not allowed because A. someone might need emergency communications, "

:rofl:
That's a good one! What's 911 going to do that can't be done with the emergency system already in place? Answer is NOTHING. The real reason that jamming is being fought in places where it would be totally appropriate (transportation, theaters, some restaurants -- or anywhere else people should expect peace and quiet) is because it'll cost the carriers $$$$$$.

So in other words you uphold the idea of breaking the law ? Let's face it. It's a changed world and cell phones are now an part of it. We'll just have to get used to it. As far as dealing with annoying people, well, that was always a part of life in the big city. You don't inconvenience everyone and break FCC rules just because a few people are annoying.


As far as an emergency, you might be surprised what a station full of people with working cell phones might accomplish. The ability to call 911 might mean the difference between somebody living and somebody dyying.

As far as not being allowed to jam it has nothing to do with whether people need it for an emergency or for a casual call. It has everything to do with FCC rules governing the deliberate and illegal jamming of services operating on the rf spectrum.

Joan was quizzical; Studied electrophysical
Science in the home.
Late nights all alone with a test tube.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Maxwell Edison, majoring in medicine,
Calls her on the phone.
"Can I take you out to the pictures,
Joa, oa, oa, oan?"

But as she's getting ready to go,
A knock comes on the door.

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead.

Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again.
Teacher gets annoyed.
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant
Sce, e, e, ene,

She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away,
So he waits behind
Writing fifty times "I must not be
So, o, o, o.."

But when she turns her back on the boy,
He creeps up from behind.

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that She was dead.

P. C. Thirty-one said, "We've caught a dirty one."
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free
(Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them
So, o, o, o.

But as the words are leaving his lips,
A noise comes from behind.

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head.
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead.