[174998] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy)
Tue Oct 7 21:59:33 2014
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Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:59:22 -0700
From: Roy <r.engehausen@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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The SF Bay Area Rapid Transits System) turned off cellphones in 2011.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-admits-halting-cell-service-to-stop-protests-2335114.php
and the FCC emphasis that future actions "recognizes that any
interruption of cell phone service poses serious risks to public safety"
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-cell-phone-shutdown-rules-adopted-2344326.php
On 10/7/2014 6:36 PM, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:10:44 -0500, Jimmy Hess said:
>
>> The only way to legally block cell phone RF would likely be on behalf
>> of the licensee ---- In other words, possibly, persuade the cell
>> phone companies to allow this, then create an approved "special"
>> local cell tower all their phones in the same building will by
>> default connect to in preference to any other, which will also not
>> receive any calls or messages or allow any to be sent.
> I wonder how many customers the cell phone company will attract by doing that.
>
