[11833] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NYTimes 'green card' article
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Willis Marti)
Thu Apr 21 17:51:42 1994
From: Willis Marti <willis@cs.tamu.edu>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 13:20:06 -0500
To: Gregory=Kushmerek%AcctgMed%FIN@humres-server.net.tufts.edu,
com-priv@psi.com
>I remember a couple of years ago there was this person who had his modem
>dialing the Moral Majority's (sic.) hotline. The modem would dial,
>leave some programmed silence, and then hang up before doing it all
>again. Eventually he racked up the MM some large phone bill over it
>and they caught him.
>
>Last I heard about it, he was brought in to court and was facing
>having to pay the bill and some charges. I don't know how it
>turned out, but isn't this the same kind of thing?
I'd like to hear more specifics about situation (e.g., criminal or civil) and
results before deciding not to do it.
