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Thread ID: 57325	2005-04-29 13:33:00	Cinema Operators Consider Mobile Phone Jammers	vinref (6194)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
350368	2005-05-02 06:36:00	Of course it's illegal. V&T are wrong to suggest that it would require some form of permission from them. Noone can "licence" jamming. Even givernments which do it are in breach of international treaties. Screened room technology would be very expensive. Perhaps the theatres could ask for legal protection from RF energy, and make the transmitters pay for shielding. :D	Graham L (2)
350369	2005-05-02 11:02:00	Well, according to law, you can pretty much do anything on private property... And cinemas do belong to private companies. They can jam signals all the want, and Telecom / Vodafone can't do anything about that... But the cinemas must make sure that they don't jam anything "outside" of the cinema... Once it gets into public property, then they can get sued....	jesseycy (1046)
350370	2005-05-03 03:26:00	Well, according to law, you can pretty much do anything on private property... According to what law? Any equipment which radiates RF must be licenced except for some low power, type approved, units made for particular purposes (car and garage remotes, etc) and using specified frequenmcies. Jamming is not an approved purpose, whether it's on your own property or not.	Graham L (2)
350371	2005-05-03 04:31:00	P.S. The Australian government's attitude to jammers is in this declaration (www.aca.gov.au). The NZ Radiocommunications act provides for penalties of up to $30000 for an individual or up to $200000 for a company using unlicenced equipment. No licences have been issued for "jammers". The official attitude is similar to the Australian one. This Telepermit newsletter (www.telepermit.co.nz)has a piece about it.	Graham L (2)
350372	2005-05-03 06:32:00	I'd like the seats to give someone a serious electric shock if they start using a laser pen in the movie as well.	vapo (5203)
350373	2005-05-03 08:23:00	The last time I went to the Cinema in NZ you used a shangai to hurl the jaffas . At that time we were using fountain pens at school as well . Biros were not allowed as it could destroy your handwriting . Ahhh, a blast from the past . Ditto for me . And I haven't heard someone refer to a catapult/sling shot as a "shangai" for many years . I do use the term with my kids but I doubt it will stick . Cellphones have become extraordinarily intrusive . Was talking to a chap the other day who'd just come back from running the Boston Marathon . He noticed that everywhere he went, on the street, in restaurants, subways, buses, etc, many people were using cellphones . Call after call . Gazing into midair, quite disconnected from all the people around them . Weird . :confused:	Winston001 (3612)
350374	2005-05-03 10:59:00	Much like portable music players - they create bubbles around people.	agent (30)
350375	2005-05-03 12:28:00	Ahhh, a blast from the past. Ditto for me. And I haven't heard someone refer to a catapult/sling shot as a "shangai" for many years. I do use the term with my kids but I doubt it will stick. I used to make my own, and in South Auckland they do still call them shanghais, but more often slingshots. In Oz a slingshot is more often a very skimpy g-string, and then some sort of cocktail drink. Just need bifurcated branch and a bicycle inner tube... and then the dogs start yelping, the birds start losing tail feathers and that kid you really really hate starts wailing...	vinref (6194)
350376	2005-05-03 12:55:00	I'm not an expert, but wouldn't lead-lining (or other material that absorbs the frequencies used by cellphones) the theaters do the trick? Plus, since it's not active jamming (active jamming is where you overpower all other signals with static), then it doesn't come under the Radiocommuncations Act since there's no emission and Telecom and Vodaphone can't do diddly . I *seriously* doubt civil planners would take cellphone-blocking as a safety hazard .	Rugrats (6953)
350377	2005-05-03 13:08:00	It's may not be lead-lining. Mobile phone frequency is quite close to microwave I hear, so it would be easier - just use the stuff they have on microwave doors.	vinref (6194)
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