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L.A. Building's Lights Interfere With Cellular Network, FCC Says

Posted by timothy on from the can't-you-hear-me-now? dept.

alphadogg writes "When a certain Los Angeles office building lights up, it's a dark day for nearby cellphone users, according to the Federal Communications Commission. Fluorescent lights at Ernst & Young Plaza, a 41-story tower near the heart of downtown, emit frequencies that interfere with the Verizon Wireless 700MHz network, the agency said in a citation issued against the building owner. The FCC's message comes through loud and clear in the filing: the building owner could be fined up to $16,000 a day if it keeps using the interfering lights, up to a total of $112,500. The alleged violation could also lead to 'criminal sanctions, including imprisonment,' the citation says."

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  1. Beta interferes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    with my faith in humanity.

    1. Re:Beta interferes by flyneye · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is a test, this is only a test, if this were an actual webpage, you would be notified by the FCC in writing.
      Please stay tuned for more bureucratic overreach and cocaine fueled abuse of power sponsored by the usual monkeys elected to office by the same ambivalent
      yokels who keep the Repubmocrats on their back, smokin crack, back in office, burnin tax.

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      *Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!
  2. Fine Dice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Too bad we can't fine Dice if the slashdot beta ever sees the light of day.

  3. Usenet is the new Slashdot, see you in comp.misc by RocketRabbit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because Beta has exposed a fatal flaw in web- based communities, ie that the current owner of a domain around which a community has formed can choose to do whatever they like, the new official Slashdot is on Usenet, at comp.misc and I hope to see you all there.

    Eternal September is a free Usenet provider, with the caveat that they do not carry binary (warez+porn) groups. Head on over and get your account today, and then we'll see each other on comp.misc!

  4. Re:Usenet is the new Slashdot, see you in comp.mis by runeghost · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Because Beta has exposed a fatal flaw in web- based communities, ie that the current owner of a domain around which a community has formed can choose to do whatever they like, the new official Slashdot is on Usenet, at comp.misc and I hope to see you all there.

    Eternal September is a free Usenet provider, with the caveat that they do not carry binary (warez+porn) groups. Head on over and get your account today, and then we'll see each other on comp.misc!

    Thanks for the pointer. For those interested, there's also altslashdot.org

  5. Re:Usenet is the new Slashdot, see you in comp.mis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why not something more specific.

    comp.misc.slashdot perhaps?

    *Boycott begins tomorrow*

  6. Re:Usenet is the new Slashdot, see you in comp.mis by gl4ss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it needs a web interface where you can just go by fuckslashdot.com or something similar. that's why slashdot reigns over some forums. easier to type in a pinch at work or where ever.

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    world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  7. Re: BETA INTERFERES WITH SLASHDOT by thestallion · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, time I add my two cents to this discussion as well... Beta sucks.