Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!john From: john@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Re: Computer Bulletin Board Confisca Message-ID: <4100005@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Jun-84 17:00:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.4100005 Posted: Wed Jun 13 17:00:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 06:52:26 EDT References: <898@ihuxi.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:ihuxi:-89800:hp-pcd:4100005:000:526 Nf-From: hp-pcd!john Jun 1 13:00:00 1984 When Ma Bell was ordered to start letting people connect non-bell equipment to their lines they were given the right to disconnect the line if that equipment should somehow cause harm to the telephone network. You can argue that a BBS that has calling card numbers available would in fact cause harm to the network and therefore could be disconnected. I wonder how people would react if they had just disconnected the line and blacklisted the Sys Op from ever getting telephone service again? John Eaton !hplabs!hp-pcd!john