I worked at two diff wal-mart's and I don't know what a repeter is but They do have a divice that scrambles the cell signal. That isn't in every store but a vast majority. The reason they do that is that you actually concentrate on what thier selling not who your talking to.

Alas, and the truth is revealed! So it probably has been that damn device the whole time and probably the same thing at Krogers (grocery store)! This info is quite good G-rad, never would have thought about that! New question: isnt that illegal or something (any lawyers in here)? I could have an emergency and because they want me to purchase eggs on isle whatever might not be able to get the call 👿 New thought: Wal-Mart just kicked Cingular out of all their stores in my area and have started to sale wireless on their own. Now that I think about it, this coincides with the better coverage! 😡 Those slick bastards, now that they're selling there own service in the store, poof... MIRACLOUS signal.

The thing is a leagl device. Its for "saftey" so that way if your talking on your cell phone and walk into a shelf and not the mechindise on your head and get a concusion you can't sue them

supposed to sy fall on your head - My bad 🤭

ARE YOU SERIOUS?????....... Wow... ive never heard such bull$%*# in my life.... you would figure a store like walmart especially would want service in their store because it enables them to GAIN more income. Second. Walmart is a dealer of cingular... why would they want a scrambler to make their sales go down??? its a lil thing called Frequency.... most frequencies cannot penetrate heavy bricked buildings... each company runs by their own... some have better reception some dont.... Get your facts straight....

First of all did you not read the post? The can care less about cingular or any other carrier for that matter. They are in business for themselves, the revnue from cingular doesn't even come close to the revenue that thier merchindise generates. second it is a hazard to people who yak on a phone and not pay a bit of attention to what thier doing.I worked at wl-mart for 3 years and have seeen alot of people run into things because they weren't paying attention. Granted some people can multi task, but alot cannot. they scammble the Frequency to ensure that no one can sue them for an injury while on thier property.

I'm sorry i dont know what kind of idiotic world you live in where people hit themselves in the head with shelves. but you must have some issues if you seriously think thats the case....No company has scramblers not even Corporate offices WITH actual things to hide... i've made my point. if you wanna keep telling yourself that about conspiracies then grab yourself a bannana and keep pounding that drum monkey. 😈

do me a favor and link where the FCC or any other gov't service says that its illegal. And Further more I don't appreciate the racial slur Monkey.And they don't hit them selves in the head with shelves the walk into or bump them and knock stuff off of the top.

No offense dude but you are exibiting a significant amount of ignorance here.

Someone already gave you the link to the FCC. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say some other ignorant soul told you that misinformation. I truly hope you aren't making it up.

Repeaters are a device that takes a signal from out side a building and brings it inside. I sell them all the time to companies with crappy in building signal but great signal outside. A decent one will run you $600 or so.

Actually. Tex yes i was told by a gem=neral manager of a walmart where i live, and I also asked the regional manger as well.(i thought thegm was blowin smoke.I wasengaged to his daughter.)

WRONG. Any device that designed to scramble a cellular signal is illegal in the United States. If there is an emergency and no one is able to call 911 because you have intentionally blocked their ability to get a cell signal, you can be criminally prosecuted. Do a little research. For a while, many churches used them to stop people's phones from going off during a service, but once the government started cracking down and levying hefty fines for their use, most clammed up and ceased using them without much argument. That's not to say that aren't still in use, because many people still do use them. That does not detract from the fact that they are still very illegal in this country.

what exactly is a "repeater"

do me a favor and link where the FCC or any other gov't service says that its illegal



I have only found one country where it is not allowed and that is the uk.

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/ » is the website to check out for rules and regulations. read a little and you might be shocked. as for the term "monkey" only an ignorant child who has too much time on his hands would consider that a racial slur. the term was used to compare your intelligence. 🙄

all that link is talking about is the amount of Rf energy that consumers can absorb. did i skip over it or wht but i've read it twice now.

Hmmmm

Any device that disrupts cell signals is illegal according to FCC rules (with the exception of Las Vegas or other city sports books).

The device that disrupts signal in most large facilities like that is the construction materials. Steel roof, steel reinforced concrete walls, etc.

Wal-Mart cannot and does not employ such devices. It is a natural occurence. Just ask Verizon's CEO 😲 .

Correction,

Casinos do not have devices that block cell signals but they do INTENTIONALLY build their sports books with heavy materials that through legal physics block said signals.

texaswireless said:
Correction,

Casinos do not have devices that block cell signals but they do INTENTIONALLY build their sports books with heavy materials that through legal physics block said signals.

m boss just got back from vagas and his phone worked phenominally in all the casinos. there are actually micro-cells in a lot of them to amplify the signal inside. anyone in the company want verification, look at MTI and pull up vegas. i've never seen so many cell sites in a small radius.

But not in the sports book. It is also illegal to use your phone in the sports book.

What's the sports book?

I don't gamble...

Betting on games, horse races, etc. Basically you can't use a phone there because you could theoretically place a bet knowing the outcome before the book would.

Ah, that makes sense!