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Re:Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-H... by pyre on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @01:44PM (#3320366)
Until there is a hostage situation in such a store and some of the survivors complain that they tried to call the cops before the hostage-taker confiscated their phone, but couldn't because of the wireless-blocking paint...
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Re:Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-H... by eli on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @02:54PM (#3320728)
You worry too much. There are plenty of existing buildings that naturally get little-to-no cell reception.
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Re:Amazon Will Pay Shoppers $5 to Walk Out of Stores Empty-H... by pyre on Tuesday December 06, 2011 @03:48PM (#3320960)
Not necessarily 'worrying' so much as just sayin'. And there is a difference between a building that naturally gets little-to-no cell reception and a building that was actively constructed to block it out.
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