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IP: Re: Cell time for using cell phone
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 20:51:56 -0400
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 10:08:22 -0600 To: farber () cis upenn edu, ip-sub-1 () admin listbox com From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat org> Subject: Re: IP: Cell time for using cell phone The most telling thing about this incident -- not recorded in all accounts, alas -- is that the man who was jailed was NOT MAKING A CALL. He was entering a text message into the phone for later transmission. In short, the amount of interference he caused was likely no greater than would have occurred if his cell phone had turned on in a pocket or briefcase as a result of being bumped -- or had been left on so as to receive incoming calls and then forgotten. --Brett Glass At 09:41 AM 7/22/99 -0400, Dave Farber wrote: >>>Cell time for using cell phoneBy Daniel Simpson, Reuters July 21, 1999 11:28 AM PT URL: <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2298512,00.html?chkpt=hpqs014> MANCHESTER, England -- A judge sentenced a British oil worker Wednesday to an unprecedented one year's jail time for endangering an international flight by refusing to switch off his mobile phone.
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