[81145] in Cypherpunks
Re: Profanity, PCS phones, and FCC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Anderson)
Wed Jun 4 15:23:10 1997
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 10:03:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
To: Jeremey Barrett <jeremey@bluemoney.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970604013225.007eb590@descartes.bluemoney.com>
Reply-To: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Jeremey Barrett wrote:
> Well I went and got a PCS phone (Ericsson), and was pilfering through the
> manual, and came across this amusing text in the "Operating procedures"
> section of the "Guidelines for Safe and Efficient Use":
[snip]
> o Use of profane, indecent, or obscene language while using your
> phone.
> Joy. More laws to break.
I believe this has been true about your regular phone line for years as
well. It's unenforceable, and as a practical matter the FCC isn't going
to care, *EVER* about it.
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