Great Quote in the New York Times

Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/technology/04jammer.html

If you don’t know what a white noise generator is, it’s an electronic device that generates noise that pollutes the frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum.  Normally, the noise generated would coincide with the frequencies of other commonly used electronic devices, and this particular article focuses on cellular telephone frequencies.  But it could be used to block any wireless transmission: wireless internet, television, radio, etc.

If this has piqued your interest, you can get more information on how to build a nice jammer called the Wave Bubble here.

But I digress.  In the article, an investigator was sent by Verizon to an area that reportedly had a jammer in operation.  This behavior is, of course, illegal.  Here’s the money:

“He went to everyone in town and gave them his number and said if they were having trouble, they should call him right away,” the owner said.”

Let me lay that out for you, you dirty layperson.  To report the inability of your phone, please immediately call the investigator… using your phone.  Delicious.