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FCC to Investigate BART Wireless Shutdown

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Aug 15, 2011, 5:56 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

A spokesperson for the Federal Communications Commission has indicated that the government is going to look into the San Francisco BART system's recent shutdown of cellular service along portions of its transit network. On August 11, the BART system shut down cellular phone service at select stations for a period of three hours in order to disrupt a planned protest. "Any time communications services are interrupted, we seek to assess the situation," said spokesperson Neil Grace in an email to IDG News Service. "We are continuing to collect information about BART's actions and will be taking steps to hear from stakeholders about the important issues those actions raised, including protecting public safety and ensuring the availability of communications networks." Public interest groups say the action infringed on free speech (by interrupting the protest) and also put the public at risk because the 911 emergency response system was also unavailable in the stations where service was turned off.

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Mossberg

Aug 16, 2011, 12:17 PM

The law breaking the law

If you break your own home phone in anger, you go to jail.

I hate cops. I just laugh when I hear stories about a pig's misfortune.
No, when you break your own home phone over the face of your significant other...then you go to jail.

In all reality though...trolling?

Your protest of law enforcement holds no ground here considering it was BART who broke the law and BART is in...
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Mark_S

Aug 15, 2011, 7:05 PM

San Francisco

Boo-Hoo f'in hoo!!!! 😢 😢 😢
Please clarify your meaning. I'm struggling to understand.
It's a felony to disrupt communications services. Last I checked, BART doesn't have the authority to do that. Imagine if everyone who didn't want people to have a voice just hampered the nation's telecommunications systems. It's really not complicated...
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