Uncuttable phone wires?

My father in law came by an old siren, the kind use by volunteer fire departments to call people in. He wired this into his workshop alarm system after getting broken into and none of the neighbors paid attention to the alarm. He also wired saws, most of his power tools to come on. I dont know of anyone trying to break in after taht but he showed it to me by setting the thing off while I was in the shop. Imagine lights going out, siren, in the shop, coming on and saw, planers and shapers all around you starting up. No guards on anything. I would have been laughing my ass off if it had happened to someone else except I realized how close I came to sticking my hand in a radial arm saw after he turned the lights on.

Jimmie

Jimmie

There is no law that says the service box has to be exterior. Just move it inside the house. Most commercial buildings have a telephone entrance in a service closet, you can do the same. Of course, you will have to be home for any service calls, to allow them access. Then, as long as all your lines are buried, the phone will be pretty impervious.

You can buy cell phone jammers on the internet for under $100.

You can get 12 volt versions that will keep other motorists off their cell phones within 100-150 feet of your vehicle, too. Drive now, talk later.

Got a link?

The phone company I've dealt with, AT&T formerly BellSouth will not install an interior network interface at a residence. It's a company policy that probably has to do with access. A business will almost always be open during business hours and the telephone tech can get to the RJ21X. A homeowner may not always be home to let a tech in.

TDD

Don't bother. Even if they are available, they are highly illegal.

Our state prison system tried to install such devices and the feds had a hemorrhage.

On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:46:57 -0700, against all advice, something compelled Larry Caldwell , to say:

At first blush, this looks like a good idea. But, upon further reflection one wonders what would happen if The Other Guy suddenly lost his phone conversation.

Would he immediately start concentrating on his driving? Or would he rather take his mind completely off of managing his vehicle to stare stupidly at his suddenly non-functioning phone, completely distracted from the more important job at hand?

I'm thinkin' the latter.

Same with Verizon. The demarc point on a new residential install is always outside.

if its a overhead drop a polwe tree trimmer can take it out in under a minute.

just harden as best you can and put up a dummy security camera with warning signs.

you dont need to make it impossible to disrupt phone, just more trouble than its worth

Because it just does in many places. If it didn't matter, the government wouldn't keep statistics on crime by skin color.

Nothing. But not recognizing that others may NOT see things the way they ought to be is often suicidal. Don't believe me? Walk through Watts or South Chicago after dark.

You do know actively jamming cell phones is illegal, right? And could subject you to Large Fines if the FCC tracks you down?

In this country, only people that can jam sort-of-legally are law enforcement. Places that block cell phones do it with PASSIVE jamming- essentially turning their buildings into giant Faraday cages using metal mesh on the walls, under the wallpaper or whatever.

-- aem sends...

Lately, I've been thinking that a phone is more trouble than it's worth!

I understand that...

Me too! ;-)

Well you know what they say..... There's a little asshole in all of us! ;-)