Found this story interesting... so... just how many of the NeoWin users have a cell phone...? And when was the last time you got interrupted by a cell phone user while in a public place ??? Answers on a postcard please :D
The mobile phone, whether you use one or not, is a useful device. But bloody annoying too.
No matter where you are - train, theatre, shopping mall - you can bet your life that some inconsiderate fool will leave their phone ringing, on full volume, usually in an awkward, dark recess of their bag annoying the hell out of you for a good few minutes.
According to a study from statistics generator TaylorNelson Sofres which claims this week that as many as 62 per cent of UK citizens would support a set of wide-ranging restrictions to limit the use of mobile phones in public places.
Those 62 per cent, however, are not mobile phone owners. The owners themselves are not quite so convinced that restrictions are a good idea: only 45 per cent said they would support some sort of ban.
Add this together and you have some clear discontent. Thirty-three per cent of UK residents said that they'd had their enjoyment of a public event spoilt by a mobile phone.
In other European counteries, Finland and Italy, where 80 per cent of the population use mobiles, more than 70 per cent claimed to be in favour of mobile phone signal blocking technologies in public places. In France the figure rose to 85 per cent.
Overall, it seems we're not very happy with the disruption that this new mode of communication can bring. But are jamming technologies the way forward?
News source: vnunet
