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Got a Cell Phone Booster? FCC Says You Have To Turn It Off

Posted by timothy on from the commons-problem dept.

First time accepted submitter Dngrsone writes "Some two million people have bought cell-phone wireless signal boosters and have been using them to get better communication between their phones and distant cell towers. But now, the FCC says they all have to turn their boosters off and ask permission from their providers, and register their devices with those providers, before they can turn them back on."

2 of 245 comments (clear)

  1. Booster sticker by adam.voss · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do I turn off my as seen on TV signal boosting sticker?

  2. Re:What? Turn it off? It ain't got a switch! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your a moron.

    Thank you for this, it's easily the funniest thing I'll read this week.