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		tehwebguy on Aug 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FCC Fines Smart City $750K for Blocking Wi-Fi I'm convinced that LAPD has a few Stingrays set up at LAX - my phone shows full service but the connection is terrible and I always lose about 30% of my battery life between touch down and getting in a car.

nooron on Aug 18, 2015 | [–]

Maybe you can confirm this if you live in LA? That would be a cool catch.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/12/31/snoopsnit...

eli on Aug 18, 2015 | [–]

Phone bars typically just measure signal strength. You can show full service but have a poor connection because there's a lot of noise or because the tower is overloaded.

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