Did the DNC Keep Press Silent With Cell Jamming Signal? “Officials Barely Acknowledge They Use It”

SHTF ^ | 8/12/2016 | Mac Slavo

[MayflowerMadam]

The following day I’d heard that cellular was jammed/cut off that night, but this is the first time I’ve seen it mentioned since then.

We have cellular, but we keep a landline, too. It’s too easy for cellular to be manipulated.

[PLMerite]

Any chance it was used to block remote detonation of explosives by cell phones? Did it only happen when Hillary was in the room?

[The Great RJ]

If Hillary becomes president, the First Amendment will be shredded

[Buckeye McFrog]

This is clearly illegal, and the penalties are severe.

Yeah, like they're gonna get caught. The FCC has all their guys out there looking for teenagers running pirate radio stations.

[sportutegrl]

They go to separate switches. But for calls coming into a switch, land lines rank higher.

[sportutegrl]

Good question.

[TexasGator]

“They go to separate switches. But for calls coming into a switch, land lines rank higher.”

If they are separate how is one ranked higher?

[JimRed]

We remind and warn consumers that it is a violation of federal law to use a cell jammer or similar devices that intentionally block, jam, or interfere with authorized radio communications such as cell phones, police radar, GPS, and Wi-Fi.

Key word: AUTHORIZED. They just decided not to authorize communication to and from specific locations at specific times. Nothing to see here, move on.

More lawyerspeak weasel words.

[LonePalm]

I thought landlines and cell phones were separate systems?

They go to separate switches. But for calls coming into a switch, land lines rank higher.

They are separate until they reach the Exchange. Given a phone number (aaa) xxx-yyyy. 'a' is the area code, a collection of Exchanges, 'xxx' designates a specific the Exchange (referred to as 'switch' above) and 'yyyy' are the 10K individual telephone numbers associated with that Exchange. There may be multiple Exchanges physically located within a single Central Office building.

At the Exchange switch any call not already in digital form (analog) is converted to digital format. All calls are inserted into gaps in the IP data traffic as so much 'filler'. Voice phone calls have a relatively low data rate compared to say, full motion video conferencing, and can tolerate a very high rate of packet loss. The human ear is very good at audio error correction.

Land lines do NOT rank higher than cell phones. A call is a call. A given cell phone tower can only process so many calls at one time. This is primarily a economic consideration. Cell providers don't provide excess capacity unless they absolutely have to.

I have a patent in Electronic Warfare (owned by the Government but my name is on it) which is relevant to the 'jamming' issue in the main body of the thread. Jamming in the civilian world is merely a point source of interference.

If anyone has a question I will try to answer it.

"Ceterum censeo Hillary esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Albion Wilde]

Ping — also this...

[Billthedrill]

But jamming remains strictly illegal for state and local agencies. Federal officials barely acknowledge that they use it inside the United States, and the few federal agencies that can jam signals usually must seek a legal waiver first.

Well, naturally. I believe running your own email server to process classified information is illegal, too. Anyone caught doing that would be severely punished.

Or not.