Have we, as a society, really gotten to the point where we wish to regulate phone usage? My phone is my lifeline. More specifically, it is someone else's life line. It goes where I go. Period, end of story. Just like I don't chew with my mouth open, I use the manners my momma taught me & don't talk during concerts,movies, funerals, or the like. When it rings & I am in a group or closed corners, I step "outside". Not just for the comfort of those around me, but because of the privacy needed for some calls.

Last fall, I was in a resturant in the theater district in New York. I really wanted to eat there & someone had planned a special night for me. Once inside I saw the sign, "Cell phones prohibited". Special night or not, we had to turn around & leave. No way I was going to turn it off.

I have never seen warning signs for buildings stating that they employ jamming tech. If so, I'd have to stay away from those as well. I do hope that those places are advertising the fact clearly & openly. Bottom line, if I missed a call & found out that was in place, I'd sue everyone in sight. After impleding that company using the tech into the HUGE law suit against me for whatever happened as a result of me not responding to the call.

Personally, I don't care about the content of the conversation. Outside observers can't make the decision as to what is important enough to warrant cell phone usuage. All we can do is each try to be polite & considerate of those around us.

"Hi grandma" can be just as important to one person as someone yelling, "sell, sell, sell, @#$^% at 2:45 EST.