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From: elliston@rob.UUCP ( Keith Elliston)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Wargames Dialer
Summary: doesn't the phone company look for this....?
Message-ID: <329@rob.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 89 21:07:16 GMT
References: <oXu6H7y00V4M0A1WYt@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: MSDRL, Merck & Co.,Inc., Rahway, NJ
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In article <oXu6H7y00V4M0A1WYt@andrew.cmu.edu>, wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner) writes:
> 
> Seriously, scanning for modems is kind of rude-- I hate it when a modem/person
> hangs up on me without ever acknowledging my existence.
> 

Isnt it illegal to dial up "random" numbers?  I have heard that this recently
(or not so recently) became illegal, due the those annoying automatic dialers 
that solicit things.... ie., recorded calls.  Apparently they can only legally
dial numbers listed in the phone book.  I think they monitor lines for this
kind of activity.

Keith