Train etiquette

[Drago]

Can the be bought online anywhere?

 

[classic33]

Can the be bought online anywhere?

Aye, see previous post. Second sentence!!

Think phone shop thats now gone.

 

[swansonj]

Would the operation of such a hypothetical device not hypothetically be illegal, and would not anyone on a hypothetical Internet forum who assisted in that operation be hypothetically committing an offence?

 

[classic33]

Would the operation of such a hypothetical device not hypothetically be illegal, and would not anyone on a hypothetical Internet forum who assisted in that operation be hypothetically committing an offence?

You'd be suprised at where they're in use, having been legally purchased, just so you have to use their phones(at increased cost of course).

Would that apply to pointing someone in the direction of instructions to make something as well. Hypothetically speaking of course!

 

[Drago]

Not an offence to sell or own. Hypothetically.

 

[raleighnut]

A mate of mine tells a tale. He used to commute to London daily on the train. In the mid nineties GSM mobile phones were still an expensive rarity. Every day for weeks this guy would been in the same carriage chuntering away, clearly showing off his expensive new mobile phone

This went on for a while, but matters came to a head when another passenger collapsed with a presumed heart attack. The passengers begged the chap to call an ambo on his mobile, but he irrationally refused. In the end a couple of the passengers overpowered him and got the phone off him so they could make the call, only to find the phone that this chap had been waffling away on was in fact a toy.

View: https://youtu.be/HCgYDsuR2xs

And for more 'big phone' clips


View: https://youtu.be/CJezRcy2P8g

 

[swansonj]

Not an offence to sell or own. Hypothetically.

Agreed. My hypothetical post non-hypothetically used "operation" in its hypothetical scenario.

 

[jefmcg]

You'd be suprised at where they're in use, having been legally purchased, just so you have to use their phones(at increased cost of course).

You live in a strange parallel world. I literally know of no pay phones, except a few surviving public boxes that my phone works fine near.

Where are the places that still have phones you pay to use?

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As for the law, despite the experts here, you aren't allowed to just turn on a transmitter in the UK. And you most especially are not allowed to use frequencies that the Government has sold for billions of pounds. But don't take my word for it, ask OfCom.

"The use of any apparatus, whether or not wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of interfering with any wireless telegraphy, is an offence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006. It is an indictable offence that on conviction in Crown Court carries a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. The courts can also order forfeit of any apparatus used in the commission of the offence."


Technically my home cordless phone is illegal as it's not been approved for use in the UK.

 

[classic33]

You live in a strange parallel world. I literally know of no pay phones, except a few surviving public boxes that my phone works fine near.

Where are the places that still have phones you pay to use?

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As for the law, despite the experts here, you aren't allowed to just turn on a transmitter in the UK. And you most especially are not allowed to use frequencies that the Government has sold for billions of pounds. But don't take my word for it, ask OfCom.

"The use of any apparatus, whether or not wireless telegraphy apparatus, for the purpose of interfering with any wireless telegraphy, is an offence under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006. It is an indictable offence that on conviction in Crown Court carries a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. The courts can also order forfeit of any apparatus used in the commission of the offence."


Technically my home cordless phone is illegal as it's not been approved for use in the UK.

Never had to use a hospital phone I'm presumbing(because the rules say no mobile phones).

When will you be handing yourself in? Now you've admitted using an illegal device, whilst having pointed out it's illegal. What was the name of the driver who posted a picture of herself driving?

My cordless home handsets have been approved for use in the UK. Wonder who supplied illegal equipment, and why you use it knowing it to be illegal?

 

[Drago]

Never had to use a hospital phone I'm presumbing(because the rules say no mobile phones).

When will you be handing yourself in? Now you've admitted using an illegal device, whilst having pointed out it's illegal. What was the name of the driver who posted a picture of herself driving?

My cordless home handsets have been approved for use in the UK. Wonder who supplied illegal equipment, and why you use it knowing it to be illegal?

That's a hypothetical question.

 

[classic33]

That's a hypothetical question.

Well she's admitted repeated use of an illegal device. Save time, hand herself in.

 

[nickyboy]

Well I can report back from the London Euston - Manchester service this afternoon.

I didn't see any dodgy chaps self-gratifying I'm pleased to say. The only annoying thing was two girls wittering on about Love Island but that's about it. I was probably the most annoying by carting my large suitcase up the isle and banging into everyone's knees

 

[Glow worm]

Hypothetically, if you position yourself in the middle of the hypothetical train carriage, switch on the device, you can hypothetically silence every shouty loud mouthed mobile phone bore in there within seconds. It's not fun at all I'm told.

 

[Tim Hall]

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And do they use the GSM network for emergency calls from trains?[/QUOTE]
Yes, GSM-R. Handles data too I think. So use of a jammer would be (a) illegal and (b) twattish in the extreme.

 

[Pale Rider]

A few years ago, a mate of mine had a watch which was also a universal television remote control.

He had much mischievous fun in pubs interrupting whatever live sport was on on the big screens.