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In article <5533@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>In article <1990Mar16.001210.27602@ddsw1.MCS.COM> benfeen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Ben Feen) writes:
>>I saw an interesting method of getting back at phone harrassers - It
>>involves a car battery, a large capacitor, and some wiring thru your phone.
>>I'm not gonna go into it, but if you go through a certain sequence, you can
>>send a surge through Ma Bell's wires, straight into the offender's
>>handset..........
>
>Ben, you have a lot to learn about Fiber Optics.
>
Yes, I know... This was an old old old trick - Before the ESS and fiber
optics.  Besides, it was actually for modems - They often aren't surge
protected, and it wouldn't take much of a jolt.

P.S. Don't try this - With the new gadgets, etc.  it wouldn't work, you'd be
damaging your own phones, and on top of that, it's undoubtedly illegal.


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