Earlier today the wife and I were talking about cell phones and the thought of a cell phone jammer in our workplace came up. Well I did some checking around and was surprised to find this law on the books:
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The operation of transmitters designed to jam or block wireless communications is a violation of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended ("Act"). See 47 U.S.C. Sections 301, 302a, 333. The Act prohibits any person from willfully or maliciously interfering with the radio communications of any station licensed or authorized under the Act or operated by the U.S. government. 47 U.S.C. Section 333. The manufacture, importation, sale or offer for sale, including advertising, of devices designed to block or jam wireless transmissions is prohibited. 47 U.S.C. Section 302a(b). Parties in violation of these provisions may be subject to the penalties set out in 47 U.S.C. Sections 501-510. Fines for a first offense can range as high as $11,000 for each violation or imprisonment for up to one year, and the device used may also be seized and forfeited to the U.S. government.
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Sounds pretty severe to me. So it is not against the law for the cell phone companies to subject ME to all those various radio frequencies, yet it is illegal for ME to block them? Pretty obvious how much pull those cell phone companies have in Congress.....
