No signal

By XxFA1LxX - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - Canada - Calgary

Today, my neighbors bought a signal scrambler to stop their kids from going on the internet at night. Too bad it blocks my internet too. FML
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Top comments

THE_A_TEEN 27

A scrambler, really? Has your neighbour ever heard of passwords and parental control? It's not that hard.

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Hamo 5

Woah a scrambler? It's not that hard to block Internet access for kids

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Comments

andy70707 6

It's actually illegal. Two things you can do here, call the police, or get them back by buying one of your own, using Ethernet and turning it on during the day. If they confront you about it, explain the irony.

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llamafish 25

But that would involve social interaction.

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Christala 8

Or, and this is one of my fiancee's favorites, connect to their wireless if possible, find an unsecure file share or hard drive on their home network, and fill it up with the nastiest, gnarliest, dirtiest, most heinous **** you have the stomach to find. fill their Favorites folder with links to child **** sites. THEN you go talk to them about turning off the signal jammer. If they give you a hard time, anonymous tip to the police about how your neighbor is a child **** addict.

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PriorSemblance 4

Uh yeah that's a good way to get yourself in legal trouble. Kinda dumb considering they are already breaking the law so there's no reason to try to frame them for something else.

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taytoc 10

No more jerkin the meat stick before bed. You'll have to leave Jill alone for awhile

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igive 29

They can still jerk off, they will just have to use imagination.

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ebonyirony 29

Jill is slang for the hand you use to **********.

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lexi365 20

#77 My boyfriend said he likes Vic more. (the left hand)

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simcop2387 10

The scrambler they're using may actually be illegal, talk to the FCC about it. If it isn't, start hooking up to ethernet and scramble it 24/7 to piss them off. http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/jammerenforcement/jamfaq.pdf

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andy70707 6

It's very illegal. That's sort of what I suggested in my comment.

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SpottedZebra42 14

Build your own wireless jammer and put it outside their house during the day, if it's legal of course.

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AliSama 17

It will be interesting to see the FCC try and pull any weight in Canada.

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CessnaPilot 5

I'm pretty sure signal jammers are illegal in most western countries. Give the FCC a call.

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etoilenuit 15

Yea not a big deal or an fml.. Just tell them.

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THE_A_TEEN 27

Well, if you have to use the internet at night for work/school related stuff and have arrogant, stupid selfish neighbours then yeah it's a big deal.

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momolee 4

You should talk to them. Parenting their kids shouldn't interfere with your personal stuff. there are other ways to control the access.

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FlyingPie 17

I didn't know there was such a thing as a scrambler.. But anyway, I think there is some missing information - Are you using your neighbor's wi-fi connection, or do you have your own? If you have your own and your neighbor's scrambler is interfering with it, then that's definitely a problem. If you are using your neighbor's wi-fi, then do they know about it and are they okay with you using it?

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FlyingPie 17

Technically, since one's internet connection goes to the modem rather than the router, the phrase "my internet" could mean anything. I don't know if the OP means his internet connection is provided by his neighbor's wi-fi or his own wi-fi.

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emersley12 0

But normal people don't talk in technicalities. If it were me I'd say my internet or their internet just because it's easier.

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madisonrose626 5

You can put in a police report. If its screwing you up, it's a disturbance

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