Here's an intriguing story from Japan, reported via Associated Press:
Medic, one of the first companies to market small-range jammers for private use, has sold about 6,000 of its Wave Wall devices since their debut one year ago. The Wall Wave costs about $480, and generates RF energy on the incoming and outgoing frequencies of mobile phones, rendering phone operation impossible for about a 20 foot radius. AP reports that the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications released policy guidelines in June, restricting the acceptable locations of jammers to "theaters or concert halls where the degree of public nuisance is significant." However, a photo accompanying the article shows a jammer located near a nurses' station in Eiju Hospital. Of 1,300 Japanese surveyed, 75% said public mobile phone use was annoying. The director of Medic says "Japanese peoples' manners have gone from bad to worse. Our product compensates for this with technology." I don't mean to address Medic's concept of Japanese manners, however, I wonder if this attitude exists beyond Japan. How far can you extend the concept of jamming that which "annoys" you? Ed -------------------------- Ed Price [email protected] Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA. USA 619-505-2780 List-Post: [email protected] Date: 09/02/1998 Time: 17:04:36 -------------------------- --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
