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MightbeaBuck said:
Walls and ceiling can be made "radio proof". It has an intitial cost much higher than, for example, jamming does; but is: 1.) legal, and more importantly: 2.) free (after upfront installation costs).

I work in an Archetectural firm and we have been installing this in buildings (police stations, jails, prisons, parts of hospitals) where we can't have radio / television interference. As a nice(?) sideline, you can't use a cell phone while in a room / building with RF insulation. I'm surprised that more theaters / restaurants haven't had this installed.
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I've pondered that as well. A faraday cage is pretty damn easy to build and the fact that you're working with a very limited frequency range makes it even simpler.

To be honest the up front cost shouldn't even be that much higher, it's not like wire mesh is that expensive. Heck I'd be willing to bet someone has already sat down and worked out a ratio for doing it with just rebar and concrete.
 
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They think cell phones are the biggest problem?

When they stop charging $35 for two tickets, a popcorn and two drinks - all for another shitty movie by the worst three of the ten shitty writers of Scary Movie - then they can worry about cell phones driving people away.

Cell phone dickheads are not the reason I don't go to the movies. Cell phone dickheads are everywhere - not just at the movie theater.
 
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BuckinMichigan said:
Damn, I never thought of that. What the hell did we do even ten years ago before the proliferation of cell phones? Would a babysitter be resourceful enough to call a theater, let them know the movie the parents were in and the theater would stop the movie to get the parents because of an emergency?
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Weak. 9 times out of 10, a teenage babysitter is not going to be thinking about looking for a phonebook, trying to find the movie theater's number (and even what theater the parents are at), and try to get connected to the parents somehow while a possible emergency situation is going on. Its not the cell phones that need to be silenced, its the people. People are going to be annoying regardless, and stopping all cell phone service in movie theaters sets up for too many potential bad things to happen, and has to be in violation in some sort of your basic rights.
 
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I have to agree that cell phones are not the problem people and the movies are. You have shitty movies and high prices anymore. You have parents who just drop their kids of and let them run around the theatre, and the theatre doesn't do anything about it because they don't have enough staff, or the people that are working are the teenage kids friends.

As far as a babysitter calling the place. Have you tried to call most places like a movie theatre lately? See how long it actually takes you to get to a live person.
 
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MightbeaBuck said:
Walls and ceiling can be made "radio proof". It has an intitial cost much higher than, for example, jamming does; but is: 1.) legal, and more importantly: 2.) free (after upfront installation costs).

I work in an Archetectural firm and we have been installing this in buildings (police stations, jails, prisons, parts of hospitals) where we can't have radio / television interference. As a nice(?) sideline, you can't use a cell phone while in a room / building with RF insulation. I'm surprised that more theaters / restaurants haven't had this installed.
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Have you had any interest from schools? I know many schools have a problem with cells going off in the middle of class. Moeller had a rule about cell phones included in their student guide, but public schools that have ruled against their use or tried confiscating them from offending students have had a legal battle on their hands.
 
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methomps said:
Not likely.
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...especially seeing as going to the theater is an optional activity. Just post a sign so people who object can choose to go elsewhere. If you're really concerned about a call from the babysitter, go out to the lobby mid-movie and see if you have a message. If you're too worried to wait half a movie, Blockbuster was probably the better solution.

I've worked with different types of theaters - nothing like people paying $100 a ticket to have their experience ruined by a cell phone. We used to put up signs saying to turn off cell phones, but doctors on call or anyone who was waiting for an emergency call (the woman whose daughter was due to give birth, for example) could leave beepers or phones with the ushers so they could be contacted if necessary. Seemed a good solution, but one that a movie theater probably wouldn't want to bother implementing.
 
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Deety said:
...especially seeing as going to the theater is an optional activity. Just post a sign so people who object can choose to go elsewhere. If you're really concerned about a call from the babysitter, go out to the lobby mid-movie and see if you have a message. If you're too worried to wait half a movie, Blockbuster was probably the better solution.

I've worked with different types of theaters - nothing like people paying $100 a ticket to have their experience ruined by a cell phone. We used to put up signs saying to turn off cell phones, but doctors on call or anyone who was waiting for an emergency call (the woman whose daughter was due to give birth, for example) could leave beepers or phones with the ushers so they could be contacted if necessary. Seemed a good solution, but one that a movie theater probably wouldn't want to bother implementing.
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I've never had a beeper that wasn't able to vibrate.
 
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cincibuck said:
Have you had any interest from schools? I know many schools have a problem with cells going off in the middle of class. Moeller had a rule about cell phones included in their student guide, but public schools that have ruled against their use or tried confiscating them from offending students have had a legal battle on their hands.
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What happens if there is an emergency situation in the school, and someone needs to use their cell phones to get help? I'm sure there would be hell to pay if some situation came up where some kids came to school firing guns, and a group of teachers and students couldn't use their phones to call for help.

I remember a few years ago I had to stay locked in my classroom with my class because the VA/DC snipers had just killed a man about a mile from my school, and could have been anywhere.
 
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This is why I choose to watch my home movies on my Beta VCR at home, while sipping on Faygo Redpop, and munching on Oatmeal cream pies.

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