A father wanted to discipline his children and prevent them from using the Internet.. The surprise was!
A French father caused a 3-hour internet outage in the city of Missange, southwest France, while trying to prevent his children from using the Internet.
The matter was discovered when residents of Mesang and a neighboring town in southwestern France faced a blackout in the Internet and phone signal from midnight until 3 am, according to the British newspaper, The Independent.
According to the information, one of the residents deliberately used a multi-wave jamming device to prevent his children from using the Internet, but he faces a fine of 30,000 euros and a prison sentence of 6 months after being convicted of causing the mass blackout.
Residents learned about it when a resident's phone operator was alerted and one of his antennas stopped working in Mesang, when a technician from the National Frequency Agency (France's mobile operator) went to the site with equipment to detect the source of the disturbance.
When he approached the place, he discovered "hostile" waves coming from one of the houses, as it turned out that the owner of that house used a jamming device to prevent his children from using the Internet late at night.
The report shows that the father believed he was only blocking Wi-Fi and phone signal from his home, although the National Frequency Agency warned that these devices often had a more "broadband" effect than sellers usually advertised. .
According to the report, these devices work by sending a strong signal on the same frequency as a phone or Wi-Fi player, which prevents the devices from receiving the intended signal.
A report published on the website of the National Agency of Frequencies said that the children of this suspected man have "become addicted to social networks and other applications" since the closure imposed during the pandemic.
The father decided to use the jamming device as the most appropriate solution to put an end to these abuses.
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