Portable Cell Phone Signal Blockers
Dec 13, 2007, 1:50 pm
#46
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I excuse myself all the time for phone calls...who are you to block my calls because someone else nearby is talking too loud? In addition I have the phone on vibrate usually so the ringer isn't even noticeable to people. You can't select only the annoying people. Would you feel bad at all if I missed a call notifying me that my wife was in labor or my father died? Just because you have never 'missed' anything while traveling the world without a phone doesn't mean others will have the same situation.
Those of you who advocate such a device can't see how ironic and hypocritical it is calling others 'self-important'...
I also think poetic justice would be for one of these 'jammers' to miss a life changing call because they took it upon themselves to do the exact same thing as those they complain about...and that is to ignore everyone around them and force something upon others for their own comfort.
Those of you who advocate such a device can't see how ironic and hypocritical it is calling others 'self-important'...
I also think poetic justice would be for one of these 'jammers' to miss a life changing call because they took it upon themselves to do the exact same thing as those they complain about...and that is to ignore everyone around them and force something upon others for their own comfort.
Dec 13, 2007, 2:43 pm
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Dec 13, 2007, 2:57 pm
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Perhaps. I deal with people on cellphones a lot and, in the San Francisco Bay Area at least, my reception with AT&T is far from what I expect to get on a landline. When I am on my office landline talking with customers on cellular it is not unusual for the cellular user to fuzz out or drop.
This probably needs a thread of its own, but I simply don't believe that any cellular user out there has the rock-solid connectivity of a land-line. It's just a radio after all.
Land-line providers don't need to supply "coverage maps"
I can only speak for the US of course.
This probably needs a thread of its own, but I simply don't believe that any cellular user out there has the rock-solid connectivity of a land-line. It's just a radio after all.
Land-line providers don't need to supply "coverage maps"
I can only speak for the US of course.
Dec 13, 2007, 3:02 pm
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Perhaps. I deal with people on cellphones a lot and, in the San Francisco Bay Area at least, my reception with AT&T is far from what I expect to get on a landline. When I am on my office landline talking with customers on cellular it is not unusual for the cellular user to fuzz out or drop.
This probably needs a thread of its own, but I simply don't believe that any cellular user out there has the rock-solid connectivity of a land-line. It's just a radio after all.
Land-line providers don't need to supply "coverage maps"
I can only speak for the US of course.
This probably needs a thread of its own, but I simply don't believe that any cellular user out there has the rock-solid connectivity of a land-line. It's just a radio after all.
Land-line providers don't need to supply "coverage maps"
I can only speak for the US of course.
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Dec 13, 2007, 5:23 pm
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While I agree many people are very rude in how they employ various electronic devices...no one has any more right to 'jam' them. The 'talker' might be learning of a death in the family or saying goodbye to their kids while off to war...you have no idea what the real topic is.
This is right up there with people that put the little plastic piece in the seat to prevent reclining.
As 'right' as people like this may think they are...in reality they are just as bad or worse than the 'offender' although they would never admit it.
I hate people like this.
This is right up there with people that put the little plastic piece in the seat to prevent reclining.
As 'right' as people like this may think they are...in reality they are just as bad or worse than the 'offender' although they would never admit it.
I hate people like this.
Dec 14, 2007, 9:41 am
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Okay, I'll make a deal with you: you can prevent me from using my cell phone on a plane (pre-flight, ofcourse -- I'm absolutely opposed to any kind of in-flight usage, even if it is permitted) or public transport if you agree that you won't bring your crying baby or screaming infant into the same venue.
And I concur with the later poster on babies / children - at least they are human....
BTW, these devices can be picked up for €50 from a China-based supplier on ebay - I just looked ...
Dec 14, 2007, 9:46 am
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To be honest, my take on this discussion is that it is lass about cellphones specifically, and more about a lack of courtesy and manners in much of everyday life.
Many people feel no sense of respect / consideration for other people at all - it's all ME, ME, ME ..... And they don't care how much their actions inconvenience many others, as long as they can do what they want .... And if challenged, will typically become aggressive and use the "free country" justification ....
Anyway .... On we go
Many people feel no sense of respect / consideration for other people at all - it's all ME, ME, ME ..... And they don't care how much their actions inconvenience many others, as long as they can do what they want .... And if challenged, will typically become aggressive and use the "free country" justification ....
Anyway .... On we go
Dec 14, 2007, 10:11 am
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Dec 14, 2007, 2:39 pm
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[We are not referring here to people who are "normal" 7 considerate users .... just those that don't care about the comfort of others ]
Dec 14, 2007, 7:47 pm
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[We are not referring here to people who are "normal" 7 considerate users .... just those that don't care about the comfort of others ]
Dec 15, 2007, 5:27 am
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Cellphone screamers = in total control of their own actions & choose to do 'it'
Parents of babies don't always have the ability to stop their crying directly / immediately for a variety of reasons.....
It is all about the ability to control.... Willingness is another matter entirely.
Dec 15, 2007, 6:17 am
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While I agree many people are very rude in how they employ various electronic devices...no one has any more right to 'jam' them. The 'talker' might be learning of a death in the family or saying goodbye to their kids while off to war...you have no idea what the real topic is.
This is right up there with people that put the little plastic piece in the seat to prevent reclining.
As 'right' as people like this may think they are...in reality they are just as bad or worse than the 'offender' although they would never admit it.
I hate people like this.
This is right up there with people that put the little plastic piece in the seat to prevent reclining.
As 'right' as people like this may think they are...in reality they are just as bad or worse than the 'offender' although they would never admit it.
I hate people like this.
However, it is becoming more and more a moot point - In my experience, a number of conference and meeting venues, and theatres (in the English sense, I don't know of any cinemas yet) are routinely using mobile phone signal jammers.
Yes, it's sad that you have to enforce courtesy, but that seems to be the price we have to pay for social "progress".
Dec 15, 2007, 8:56 am
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With all due respect, they are not quite the same.
Cellphone screamers = in total control of their own actions & choose to do 'it'
Parents of babies don't always have the ability to stop their crying directly / immediately for a variety of reasons.....
It is all about the ability to control.... Willingness is another matter entirely.
Cellphone screamers = in total control of their own actions & choose to do 'it'
Parents of babies don't always have the ability to stop their crying directly / immediately for a variety of reasons.....
It is all about the ability to control.... Willingness is another matter entirely.
However, it is becoming more and more a moot point - In my experience, a number of conference and meeting venues, and theatres (in the English sense, I don't know of any cinemas yet) are routinely using mobile phone signal jammers.
Yes, it's sad that you have to enforce courtesy, but that seems to be the price we have to pay for social "progress".