Megan in London wrote:
 
>If anyone wants to make calls, I would strongly recommend you call from  a
>pay phone.  With call display, I can call Bell and get the name of anyon e
>without an unlisted phone# who calls me for $0.50.  For a by-law violati on,
>city hall might even be able to weasel out unlisted info.
 
Dodger and Curtis, who subscribe to every phone service known to Ferretkind,
would like to put your mind at ease with:
 
THE FLO GUIDE TO SUBVERSIVE PHONE ACTIVITIES IN ONTARIO:
 
Glossary:
 
   PBX system:  One of those "Dial 9 for an outside line" jobbies;  i.e.
   NOT a direct-dial, single-line business phone number
 
YOUR WEAPONS:
 
Call Block:
 
   How:   dial *67 before placing your call (or 1167 rotary/pulse, or dial 0
          and ask operator to block), OR add to dial string for modem
          (as "dial for outside line string")...BUT:
          MAKE SURE YOUR FAX PROGRAM HAS FALSE INFO FOR NAME, PHONE, ETC.
          (i.e. all that stuff you set up once a million years ago.  Test on
          a friend to make sure you dumped it all...shows up in tiny print
          at top and bottom of faxes.)
   Cost:  $0.75
   What:  Name on name display appears as Unknown Name, Unknown Number or,
          sometimes, L-Unknown Number (Listed Unknown Number).  Also lets
          you fake like you live in London or Windsor when you don't.
 
THEIR DEFENSE:
 
Call Return:
 
   How:    dial *69
           DOES NOT WORK ON BLOCKED CALLS
 
Name That Number:
 
   How:    dial 1-416-555-1313
           DOES NOT WORK ON PBX systems
           DOES NOT WORK ON BLOCKED CALLS
 
Call Trace:
 
   How:    dial *57 (or 1157, or operator) IMMEDIATELY after call recieved
   Cost:   $5.00, to $10.00 monthly maximum
   What:   DOES NOT WORK ON PBX systems
           BLOCKED CALLS MAY BE TRACED
 
           User *MUST* dial *57 before any other call comes through, but
           *after* they have disconnected your call.
 
           (Dodger notes:  Hmm, city employee's phone must be not busy;
           city employee must *know* of the service,  must have the mind
           to remember to use it, and must be bitter enough to think of
           using it.  I know those guys are bitter, but the task may be
           beyond their ken.)
 
           Call trace user *MUST* complain to police, and police *MUST*
           request number from Bell.  Lots of forms *MUST* be filled out.
           *IF* the call was successfully traced and the paperwork is in
           order, Bell releases the number to the Police.
 
           (Curtis notes:  By the time the cops made it to Mom's door, it
           would only be a *small* white lie to say I had died of old age.)
 
Pherret Phone Phreakers Dodge and Curtis, and Lynn, who taught them all
they know.
 
Dodger:  "Let's go call those S.O.B.'s!"
Curtis:  "No, BITE'EM!!!  BITE'EM ON THE KNEECAPS!!!"
Lynn:    "Where's the #$@@#$&*!! phone NOW?"
[Posted in FML issue 1543]
[Posted in FML issue 1543]