Monday, March 5, 2012

Jamming mobile phones by 'government actors'

The FCC is seeking public comments on the interruption of cellular service (essentially jamming of mobile phones) by authorities (including CapMetro or BART) for "public safety" reasons. Please take a moment and let the government know your thoughts on not being able to call 911 from your mobile phone because a 'public agency' employee thought bad guys might use their cell phones to cause trouble...seems to me that is exactly when I WANT to be able to call 911.

Here is the link to make comments:

http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=12-52

Here is the link to the request for comments:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db0301/DA-12-311A1.pdf

COMMISSION SEEKS COMMENT ON CERTAIN WIRELESS SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS
GN Docket No. 12-5

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