>>>>So cut off cell phone communications to quell a protest?? This IS the United States isn't it?
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>>>>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=95300
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>>>Your title is provocative - BART did not "jam" cell signals.
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>>Well what do you call it? ".... BART temporarily interrupted service at select BART stations as one of many tactics to ensure the safety of everyone on the platform..." http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2011/news20110812.aspx
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>Service interruption is not active jamming. You know that.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_signal_jammer

Ah yes I see that they didn't JAM the signal - they simply removed the power to underground service towers...which I would *think* is still illegal - surely the FCC has such rules (I'm trying to find out).
A government agency turning off mobile-internet and phone service to quash a possible demonstration — sounds familiar doesn't it? Just like the speech suppression used by Middle Eastern dictators to quell dissent. It's nothing more than unlawful suppression of First Amendment speech!