The FCC Enforcement Bureau warned consumers it is specifically not OK...
The FCC Enforcement Bureau warned consumers it is specifically not OK to use a cellphone jammer to keep others around you from talking on the phone. “In recent days, there have been various press reports about commuters using cell phone…
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jammers to create a ‘quiet zone’ on buses or trains,” Chief Michele Ellison said. “We caution consumers that it is against the law to use a cell or GPS jammer or any other type of device that blocks, jams, or interferes with authorized communications, as well as to import, advertise, sell, or ship such a device.” The bureau has a “zero tolerance policy in this area,” Ellison said. The bureau has issued some 20 enforcement actions against online retailers in 12 states for illegally marketing more than 200 models of cellphone jammers, GPS jammers, Wi-Fi jammers and similar signal jamming devices, a spokesman said.