10-19-2004, 01:00 PM
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Churches Weigh In On Cellphone Jamming
"And here we were thinking the church was really taking to the idea of cellphones, but apparently in some countries slightly less strict on their communications codes than we (such as Mexico, India, and even Italy), churches have been installing cellphone jammers. Typically they are Israeli-built units (such as the one pictured) which cost about $2,000 a pop from the parishioner�s donation plate; even still one reverand was quoted as saying, �There are still many people who don�t understand that being at Mass is sharing a moment with God.� Like those pesky doctors, EMTs, and firemen. Come on though, if you�re going to do it, do it right and at least pretend to make emergency calls available."
Cell phone jammers may not be the best solution but sounds like it does the job, like in this case "The Indian parliament had jammers installed after politicians ignored requests to turn off their cell phones and legislative sessions were constantly interrupted." :-) It would be great if the phones could sense the zones where silence is to be maintained and put itself in vibrate/silent mode. I remember when I used to have a BlackBerry, I liked its approach, the moment I slip the device into the holster it switches to the vibrate mode. Why can't other phones have the same feature? It's not perfect but works well under most circumstances.
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